Perry: Urinating Marines are ‘Just Kids’

[Thaddeus Kosciuszko]

27. "One would think that the Marines would be better than this."

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One would first have to consider the human element, and that the inhumane and ruthlessness of war, influences soldiers differently. And further, that it will have a negative effect on the military bearing of some of them.

Empathy, sympathy, kindness and care; the traits that separated them from cold-blooded murderers before they became soldiers, become subconsciously subordinated emotions. The psychological transition results in a solder more inclined to make cold-blooded decisions.

These young people are ordered off to fight an unconstitutional war and then, when the inevitable and predictable dehumanizing of the enemy results, the arm-chair generals express their surprised outrage, and call for their heads.

The process of identifying what triggered the excessive coverage of this incident becomes non-responsive, forcing me to re-boot my brain.

It remains incomprehensible to me.