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Would you feel different about a friend who came back from deployment to Iraq and told you he had to kill an Iraqi person while there?
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November 04, 2009 03:42 PM
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Absolutely. The honor of having them as my friend would go up tremendously. Here is someone who was willing to die to keep people like you and I safe and free. Someone was trying to kill him, and he was willing to put himself in that situation for each one of us.
He was willing to do what most of us are not, so that we can live free. Thank God for him and folks like him, or you may be receiving lashes, long prison terms, or execution for crimes like posting on this web site, being gay, being a victim of rape, or choosing to worship in an "illegal" manner.
Are we willing to sit and take the freedom our soldiers provide for us, and then sit in judgment on them for protecting our lives and our country? Perhaps we do not deserve the freedom they provide, no I'll say it like it is, we DON'T deserve it, but thank God for the soldiers anyway, every day that you draw free breath.
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Absolutely. The honor of having them as my friend would go up tremendously. Here is someone who was willing to die to keep people like you and I safe and free. Someone was trying to kill him, and he was willing to put himself in that situation for each one of us.
He was willing to do what most of us are not, so that we can live free. Thank God for him and folks like him, or you may be receiving lashes, long prison terms, or execution for crimes like posting on this web site, being gay, being a victim of rape, or choosing to worship in an "illegal" manner.
Are we willing to sit and take the freedom our soldiers provide for us, and then sit in judgment on them for protecting our lives and our country? Perhaps we do not deserve the freedom they provide, no I'll say it like it is, we DON'T deserve it, but thank God for the soldiers anyway, every day that you draw free breath.
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November 03, 2009 10:16 PM
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Absolutely not - in terms of my feelings of friendship and loyalty to that person. I would support them and honor their service.
War and battle stink. I would feel sad about the entire experience and that anyone died - however, 'my' friend was doing her/his job and fulfilling his/her duty to us and our nation - presuming the circumstances of the event fell under military and wartime 'laws of operation'. I would support 'my' friend's return, reintegration into the home front world and try to look beyond any personal notions (perhaps derived from media) about what happened while on deployment.
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War and battle stink. I would feel sad about the entire experience and that anyone died - however, 'my' friend was doing her/his job and fulfilling his/her duty to us and our nation - presuming the circumstances of the event fell under military and wartime 'laws of operation'. I would support 'my' friend's return, reintegration into the home front world and try to look beyond any personal notions (perhaps derived from media) about what happened while on deployment.
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November 03, 2009 11:01 PM
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Assuming that it was part of his service over there I wouldn't be surprised. He''s a soldier and thats part of what soldiers do. Its not an easy thing to cope with and thats why on an incredibly selfish point of view I'm glad that I'll never have to go through it.
If he seemed to take pleasure in it I'd be worried. I'd also be suprised as thats not the way that most soldiers talk about seeing action.
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If he seemed to take pleasure in it I'd be worried. I'd also be suprised as thats not the way that most soldiers talk about seeing action.
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November 04, 2009 01:53 AM
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No. As far as I'm concerned, he/she was doing their job. It's tragic and I'd support my friend because it can't be easy knowing you've killed someone, anyone. Now, if they were a little too proud of killing someone, I'd probably have to suggest, quite strongly, that he/she get counseling.
Otherwise, I'd continue to treat them the same way I always had - like my friend and companion. I'd do my best to keep things as "normal" as possible between us by not dwelling on what happened while they were at war.
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Otherwise, I'd continue to treat them the same way I always had - like my friend and companion. I'd do my best to keep things as "normal" as possible between us by not dwelling on what happened while they were at war.
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