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Originally Posted by Chocobot
Although civilians are not responsible for the conduct of the military, that is a modern notion that was not tightly applied in WW2. Add to the fact that civilians IN GENERAL are in fact collectively responsible as the military grows out from them and their culture.
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SO i take it that when an american soldier commits an unnecessary atrocity overseas, you take credit and blame for it?????
Civilians are collectively responsible when their army hijacks their government and uses force (and in the modern age which you referred to earlier, the state has far surpassed the civilians in the control and use of force) to impose their will upon them??
I would hate to be born in a totalitarian regime and learn that you were sending soldiers my way! You would hold me responsible for things beyond my control?