tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413342509778450072.post1122978142274339475..comments2013-07-16T19:45:26.636+10:00Comments on HACK THE KNIFE: Allah U AkbarUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413342509778450072.post-74524038673336543342009-03-14T04:56:00.000+10:002009-03-14T04:56:00.000+10:00http://opti-pessimist.blogspot.com/2008/11/old-lie...http://opti-pessimist.blogspot.com/2008/11/old-lie-dulce-et-decorum-est-pro-patria.htmlnotamobsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14531613308398800336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413342509778450072.post-80799705826487066982009-03-14T04:54:00.000+10:002009-03-14T04:54:00.000+10:00That's brutal. Very nice. I recently commented on ...That's brutal. Very nice. I recently commented on war, and it's implacable desire for destruction at another blog. A woman said that war today was more damaging than in times past, so I envisioned a blood-soaked battlefield, with writhing, twisted bodies, where one would literally have to pry the enemy from their blade. I then brought her in to modern times. My times. Yours... I described what I know (mechanic USAF). The gunner on the C-130 U-model gunship has no problem stepping aside to let you fire his gun. It's very easy to become disconnected from your target, when you're viewing them on a green/grey "all tv" screen from 15000' @ 4 miles out. You know what it's like to kick in doors and engage a "real" enemy. Unfortunately, things are so compartmentalized in the US military that each person functions in their capacity, and it becomes very easy to justify what you're doing, based on "intel" which you never actually see. You receive the order to engage and assume that the preponderance of evidence used to justify your actions, was correct and just. You just saved a squad of Marines, and they now get to go home to their families. It becomes very easy to justify to ones self the atrocities of war, though it does nothing to make it right...<BR/><BR/>NOTAnotamobsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14531613308398800336noreply@blogger.com