• 4lan@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    They have a choice. They could either kill innocent people or sit in a jail cell. Picking the first one makes you a sociopath.

    I guarantee he would face a lot less trauma in jail, especially since he is a trained soldier.

    Stop making excuses, “complexity” doesn’t justify genocide. Do you also think that our soldiers who slaughtered hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis are just victims? Do you think the surviving family members would agree with that sentiment? That their families murderer is a victim?

    It’s all the same shit. They are copying us creating more terrorists for the future wars

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      6 hours ago

      It’s not a justification for genocide, it’s a call for empathy. Give what I wrote another read with that in mind.

      As for your questions… I think our soldiers are victims. I was there, so I think I’ve got at least a somewhat informed perspective on things. It’s not something you can prepare for. In my experience, forgiveness and understanding come with time, but it will never be the majority.

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      6 hours ago

      And if the glass house you call your home exists in the united states, then your taxes financed filling the soldiers heads with the propaganda, financed sending them out on the field, made sure they had rations and ammo, and paid to put their finger on that trigger. What’s your culpability, compadre? You know when you point your finger at someone, you’ve got three more aimed straight at yourself, right?

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        1 hour ago

        Oh, no. You misunderstood. I absolutely acknowledge that. It’s a pretty spicy issue in my area. It would pretty rad to choose where my taxes go, though. I’d much rather fund schools and national parks. I think that’s dragging things a bit off-topic, though.