We Were Trained This Way

The viral video of Marine snipers urinating on dead Taliban combatants, if they are in fact combatants, is yet another example of the way the Corps and the military demonize and dehumanize the enemy. During the Vietnam insanity the DIs constantly referred to the enemy as "gooks" or other such disparaging slurs. They took away our personal identity as best they could. They created a mind set of the... only good enemy is a dead enemy. They used operant behavioral conditioning tactics that were very effective for duping and training young people. It would be easy to condemn just the Marine individuals in the video, but America, you need to understand this is an example of what you get when you send young and often immature men and women into your immoral wars. While the majority of you were at the mall or never gave a damn about the poverty draft or the all volunteer military about 1-3 percent of the population was involved in killing and being killed for no good reason. Yes, each individual is responsible for their actions. These Marines are responsible for the obscenity of this action. But the people of this nation are responsible for sending their sons and daughters to the obscenity of these continual wars. So, get over your moral outrage, America. Do something like have national debate about violence, excessive spending on weapons of mass destruction and the continued use of war to solve problems.