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peace13

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6. Do no harm dude!

Reply to morningfog (Original post)

Thu Jun 6, 2013, 11:31 AM

Jun 2013

This is sad. Who could not have known that these guys who eat peanut butter sandwiches and shoot things across the globe would not someday be.....*ucked up. At least this is a sign that he is still human. That is the good news!

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Former drone operator says he's haunted by his part in more than 1,600 deaths [View all] morningfog Jun 2013 OP

killing is heavy heavy karma BlueToTheBone Jun 2013 #1

As can I. kentauros Jun 2013 #13

Reminds me of when Leo was told that a missile run he did in Vietnam... onehandle Jun 2013 #2

"every war is a crime". n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #32

Reality, stark and brutal whatchamacallit Jun 2013 #3

Oh, well. sibelian Jun 2013 #4

sad K&R G_j Jun 2013 #5

Do no harm dude! peace13 Jun 2013 #6

Boo hoo. Arctic Dave Jun 2013 #7

But video games designed to prepare us for actually killing a real person Sequoia Jun 2013 #8

Thank you ellie Jun 2013 #17

His description of the thermal image is haunting. Brickbat Jun 2013 #9

Arrested Development Season 4 has Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #10

Did We Just Kill a Kid? marions ghost Jun 2013 #11

The soul of the nation whatchamacallit Jun 2013 #14

Yes marions ghost Jun 2013 #15

What we are doing is monstrous, cowardly and criminal. This soldier has a conscience sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #30

Agree with everything you said marions ghost Jun 2013 #34

We play the game with the bravery of being out of range. Orrex Jun 2013 #12

so the first thousand didn't bother him? spanone Jun 2013 #16

I'd feel sorry for the guy, but it is different seeing it in real life with full sound and color Victor_c3 Jun 2013 #18

Well that is why they need to be screened zeemike Jun 2013 #19

The original link has expired LongTomH Jun 2013 #20

How could one sleep at night? 1,600 innocent souls lost. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #21

They are not ALL innocent. Some deserved it. nt Lucky Luciano Jun 2013 #25

And you know this, how, exactly? Art_from_Ark Jun 2013 #27

Really, could you give us a list of the 'guilty' because we have been trying to find out why sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #31

I said "not ALL" which could mean SOME were wrong. Lucky Luciano Jun 2013 #35

To answer your question, no. morningfog Jun 2013 #37

No, we should bring them all home and mind our own business. What business is it of ours to go sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #38

Roger Waters has a song about it. go west young man Jun 2013 #22

And to think it only took 1600 'targets' to get to the point of regret. marble falls Jun 2013 #23

When is it patriotic duty and when is it mass murder? KansDem Jun 2013 #24

A friend of mine was a USAF sniper and also did forward targeting kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #26

and yet the majority of Americans support this. I don't get it. liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #28

The majority of americans aren't seeing this shit in their own backyards, and even fewer are shakenq alp227 Jun 2013 #29

People without empathy. So many of them in the US. That is scary, isn't it? They cannot relate to sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #33

Not a video game, no respawn points. Rex Jun 2013 #36