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Originally Posted by yota71
I would not kill a child. Lets dive deeper: The (Majority) of the active soldiers American on post are younger. 18-25 some fresh out of boot camp. When I was 18 I thought I was impenetrable I learned a hard lesson. An 18 year old just wants to fight and often does not question the moral issues of why he is pulling the trigger. In a heated situation anyone can react out of fear and emotion especially a kid.
It is very easy to convince a young person they are doing the right thing, especially if they are living out there fighting fantasy. It is common military practice (for many countries not just the U.S to recruit young people.) some countries it's 12 year olds. That's why we don't see a front line of educated 45 year old politicians, (not to mention the physical problems). I have said this before in another post We Must Stop Looking At The Catalyst and look at root of the problem.  |
which would be bad upper management.
either it be as high up as Bush or some incompetent commanders.
and yes, drafting young Americans outside of schools with false promises is pretty disgusting.
and another thing that is quite disturbing is how we use the word "terrorist", I mean an Iraqis fighting against what he sees as an invasion of his home is suddenly a terrorist? it's a word that's either has lost it's meaning or suddenly there a lot more of them out there.
I can't say im on anybody's side as such, but you have to look at the issue from both fighting parties standpoint. imposing your world views on another's with force never leads to much else then a lot of dead bodies.