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Originally Posted by flip
Well maybe in the US but I know guys in the Canadian military and they are not trained to be cold-blooded killers.
When they accidentally kill people out of fear for their lives or the lives of others I understand.
When they intentionally kill innocent people they should be treated as murderers no matter how tough the job.
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but your making large leaps here Flip. The pilot saw weapons, that suddenly in his mind removes the innocence factor. He saw a van and reported collection of bodies and possible collection of weapons.
I agree, that they should be punished if the investigation shows that they thrill killed, but until we see the proper results of that, which hopefully this video will force into the open, its tough for me to make a judgement.
And frankly, I stay current in the Armed Forces Community, and every single person that I know that has been rotated into combat has that same coping mechanism where they try to dehumanize the people that they're trying to kill.
Its similar to fighter pilots who don't refer to shooting down and killing enemy pilots but refer to their enemy as a plane. Or a Naval member who doesn't refer to individuals but to ships.
Its simply how they cope.