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Originally posted by Media_Guy_Josh
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to kill a person is to go against everything that makes us civilised, and is not undertaken (usualy) lightly...a GI does basic training to become able to kill...fieldcraft comes into it, but mostly to learn to kill.
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actually the most importand training a GI gets (other than to handle his weapon) is how to obey orders without question.
This is neccessary in war .. you arent supposed to think, just react. Higher ranking soldiers do the thinking.
This is why your will and individuality is broken in training .. you have to bond as a group and work as one man.
The most powerful tool in enabling someone to kill a person from another country they've never met before (other than self survival) is propoganda.
The enemy on bothe sides paint the other as being the devil.
I agree that it would be very hard for me to knowingly shoot some kid with a life of his own .. as equally scared as me ...just because our governments told us too.
We are taught from birth that killing is wrong, live and let live .. and then along come these circumstances that throw all of that back in our face.
I'm glad i never had to participate in anything like this.
I have a problem with athority and i would probably have been excecuted for shooting my own commanding officer.