On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Jon Johanning wrote:
> What they do is frequently monstrous, but keep in mind that they are
> soldiers, and hence required to obey orders. It's the system they are
> cogs in, which like all war systems is monstrous, that is at fault.
> This includes their training, which teaches them to be ruthless when in
> combat. If anyone should be called monstrous, it's the officers who
> give the orders and who set up the military system.
Even this personalizes it too much for my taste. Rather: the problem is the capitalist social structure that facilitates this kind of reckless militarism.
Miles