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Old 01-08-2008
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Re: Slaughter of Afghan civilians; Marine tribunal opens

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Originally Posted by Americano View Post
One becomes weary of uniformed grown men acting like chest beating braggart children. I do realize their bravado/team/camaraderie remarks are primary psychological factors that provide them with the motivation to do their job and understand their training empathizes it to instill the attitude necessary to keep them functioning in their chosen circumstances, but it reminds me of a bowling team trying to roll strikes on a football field. Over and over again while wondering why the crowd has disappeared. I'm of the opinion that those who chose/choose the military are unaware that many civilians would prefer that they go about their lives without bothering others with their rationalizations, slogans and look at me, I'm a ______ . Perhaps other vocations could begin touting their professions and military buffs would realize how boring listening to someone else talk about what they did/do actually is. Maybe we could start with engineers, morticians or even stamp collectors.
I hope this wasn't aimed at me.
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