Very Pissed Off Combat Veterans---And The Blueprints For Change

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INTRODUCTION

Those who have experienced combat have a unique understanding of the phenomena of fear and impending death. Dealing with fear in combat is an individual element in the mode and mood for survival, and, as in life, luck, good or bad. You can't second guess a bullets path or a mortars trajectory. Most important is the will to survive in the face of real and present danger, the skills learned by experience to make the best out of a bad situation and the ability to kill without being killed.

The will to survive is coupled with the belief that an individual is on the right (correct) side of the conflict.

Each side spends allot of time and money on the mental preparation of it's combat soldiers. Doctrines of nationality, mostly for those defending against invaders, is easier to comprehend rather than the justification for aggression against a non-hostile target. While slow to respond, the defender, rather than the attacker, has the upper hand because of his knowledge of the lay of the land and the assets necessary to survive the initial assault upon their homeland. Nationalism plays a dominant part in survival against an aggressor's invasion. Even in our own history we have all heard the cry of "Give me liberty or give me death". What has a defender got to loose?

Ask the Vietcong who were prepared to loose ten million or more.

Ask the Iraqi, who have 25 million of their own population and another 25 million fellow Muslims in surrounding countries who are obligated by the Koran to come to their aid and behead all invaders.

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