| It's sort of like when two boxers meet in the middle of the ring, you know they are making promises they don't intend to keep. If they do, the other guy will beat the snot out of him. Most of the inhumane treatment of prisoners has been isolated and through fear for their life or battle fatigue. I will never judge the actions of a soldier in a battle situation that seems to go on indefinitely. The natural instinct to lash out must be overwhelming at time when fighting against such an enemy as this.
__________________  “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.” —John Stuart Mill |