Soldiers of Conscience

This video is a bit long (almost an hour and a half) but it's worth a watch. The first half is better than the second half IMO. It gives a whole new perspective of what goes on in war, preparing for war, and the fight our troops fight even long after the bullets have stopped flying.

Apparently in WWII only 25% of soldiers who had an enemy soldier in their sights pulled the trigger. It's interesting and sad at the same time to see the training tactics the military uses now to make it a reaction rather than a decision.

I know we have quite a few former and current service members here on Muley Madness so I just want to again say thanks for all you do. :thumb :not-worthy

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5808147690016630072&hl=en
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sneekeepete
I am unable to watch this video till I get home but I have a few comments on what you wrote. I agree with you that it is unfortunate that training has had to come to reaction training. But the most unfortunate thing is that our training to act on reaction and fast comes from the change in our enemies. It is very rare to get in a fire fight with someone with a uniform these days. We are at war with terrorist who strap bombs to themselves and it could be a man woman or child.... That is what is unfortunate. I don't like fighting this kind of warfare but from personal experience my training and my brothers training has saved my life on more than one occasion. I will post another reply to the video. This was just a reply to your post.
As a veteran of more than 3 years over seas and in combat zones I would like to thank all of you for your support. :thumb
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79Ford
"sneekeepete" wrote:We are at war with terrorist who strap bombs to themselves and it could be a man woman or child.... That is what is unfortunate.
 That's what one of the guys in the video talk about is how he had to shoot a 10 year old boy, I believe he had a grenade or something, i cant remember for sure.

The first half of the video is better than the second. The second deals mostly with soldiers not wanting to fight anymore and how they are trying to get conscientious objector status. The way I look at it is everyone joins the military knowing they might have to fight, knowing they might have to kill another human being to defend their country or to save a brothers life. I'm not saying they shouldnt feel bad about killing another person, thats part of being a human being, but if every soldier that felt bad about it stopped fighting then where would that leave us?
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sneekeepete
I agree with you.... It really gets under my skin when someone who has sworn an oath to protect our country from all enemies foreign and domestic trys to weasle their way out of going to war. :>/ I will leave it at that cause I don't want to get too fired up lol
Again I appreciate all of the support I have recieved from the Americans who appreciate our service members.
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