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Originally posted by Jimmy4
They say engaged because they didn't know the entire story about what happened.
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For the record, both HarmlessRabbit and I empathize with the soldiers. I'm assuming (from his statements here and in other threads) that he agrees with me that this is a natural outcome of stress, fatigue, and longterm battle atmosphere.
However, they say "engaged" for the same reasons I have laid out in my other posts regarding discursive practices in wartime--it ameliorates and sanitizes the situation.