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In reply to the discussion: Psychologists Propose Horrifying Solution to PTSD in Drone Operators [View all]Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)2. I don't agree that if it is "just cause" there is no shame or guilt.
People who must kill out of pure self defense, or by accident, often suffer from PTSD.
Very few soldiers approach killing and fighting with the idea that they're doing it for McDonald Douglass and the old bottom line, or even for the nation. That patriotic crap is good to maintain order and discipline, and to gin up support for a war, but it slips away in the field. They are put in a situation where they must fight and kill for themselves and their friends. It doesn't matter whether it is a misty rice paddy in Vietnam or a smoke filled room in Fallujah. The big picture type stuff of "just war" or "just cause" has nothing to do with it.
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Psychologists Propose Horrifying Solution to PTSD in Drone Operators [View all]
Agnosticsherbet
Oct 2013
OP
Most people seem to disagree with your first statement, but for me I believe it
Victor_c3
Oct 2013
#33
There are a lot of countries that aren't going around the globe killing people.
polichick
Oct 2013
#8
You're looking at the worst and saying we're better - I'm looking at the best...
polichick
Oct 2013
#18
The guy actually running the drone is no less a tool than the siri/cortana/skynet persona.
lumberjack_jeff
Oct 2013
#46