Ethics training for Troops? Sure to piss off bush's base

BOSSHOG

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Fri Jun-02-06 09:35 AM
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Ethics training for Troops? Sure to piss off bush's base

The troops in Iraq are being ordered to undergo ethics training after the alleged atrocities in Haditha by U. S. Marines. They will be told to not indiscriminately slaughter innocent Iraqis. Is this not against every "christian" conservative value in their how to fight wars book? After all, they are just godless "ragheads" more than likely working for the enemy. Why should our troops have their hands tied? Maybe good radical christian clerics in American can offer a special prayer this Sunday to ensure that any future atrocities not be uncovered.

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primative1

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Fri Jun-02-06 09:37 AM
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1. Maybe not

Maybe "good radical christian clerics" will be teaching the classes.
Story is they will undergo ethics training, no mention of good ethics.

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muriel_volestrangler

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Fri Jun-02-06 09:39 AM
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2. Rumour has it that half of troop training is designed to wipe out ethics

or is that meant to be a thing of the past? You know, the "your enemy is subhuman, so it doesn't matter if you kill him" idea. Can anyone who's been in the military in the post-Vietnam era say what the atmosphere in basic training really is?

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primative1

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Fri Jun-02-06 09:40 AM
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4. Navy didnt go there at all ...

Learn to salute and stuff ... no big thing

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Jackpine Radical

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Fri Jun-02-06 10:07 AM
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6. It's not easy to get the average, decent draftee primed to kill.

The tradition of dehumanizing the opponent goes back thousands of years.

Read
On Killing : The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Dave Grossman

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Doctor_J

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Fri Jun-02-06 09:40 AM
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3. Imagine if Clinton had ordered ethics training

We'd have been inundated with photoshops of soldiers in ballerina costumes prancing around while menacing dark-skinned terrorists aimed rifles at them.

Best way to protect our young soldiers: get them out of this debacle. Now.

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Jackpine Radical

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Fri Jun-02-06 10:03 AM
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5. Our troops shouldn't have their hands tied!11!!

(Their victims should.)

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FSogol

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Fri Jun-02-06 10:21 AM
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7. How about ethics training for Rumsfeld, Cheney, Rice, & *? n/t

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