Missileer

Sometimes, I think a little too much but I was wondering how a firing squad was picked. I know they have been around since guns but are the members selected from soldiers who didn't serve with the guy? An enemy would be a little easier to shoot but even then, not by some soldiers. I've wondered if they just asked for volunteers, "hey anybody up for shooting ol' Jake full of holes while he's tied to a post?" Was there a reward of some kind?

I guess, most of all could you do it not knowing the reason you're killing a fellow soldier who fought with you for years?

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“War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.”
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