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Old 04-06-2010, 05:20 PM   #64 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dippin View Post
So on one hand first hand experience is necessary to comment on what the soldiers did, but first hand experience is not needed to comment on what the civilians did?

Besides, where the hell did either of you get the idea that whatever going on was limited to that exact position and as such easily avoidable?
Thank you. This is exactly my point. And I still find it hard to believe that someone would so deliberately insist that soldiers in combat need a 'special understanding' for why they do what they do, but civilians do not. An appalling lack of imagination that I still believe is deliberate and stubborn.

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