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It's important that you try to understand what it means to be a soldier.
It's not their job to question, they're not in a position where they can afford to and keep doing their job. Their profession requires that they follow orders without always knowing why. War is hard enough to deal with without asking those questions. If the Army wants them to have an opinion, they issue them one.
That's not a personal failing of the troops, any more than the tendency towards dehumanization of the enemy is (decent men have trouble sleeping well otherwise) It's just the nature of war.
The troops are mostly kids, and their view of the war is that muslims are the ones shooting at them and killing their buddies and that's what they fight for, their life and the lives of their buddies.
The responses on this thread come very close to blaming the troops for OUR failings.
It's OUR job to ask these questions and it's our representatives that put them in the position they're in without thinking the thing through. It's a shame these guys provide aid and comfort to the administration but we shouldn't blame them for not wanting to believe that they've killed, and been killed, for nothing.
The chickenhawks are a completely different matter and all that's been said I'd agree with when applied to them.
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