Reply #236: dehumanizing the enemy... [View All]

[sojourner]

you meant to direct your response

>>Torch, I am so, so, sorry that you had such an unnerving experience. And I think you have the right response. Feel sorry for that man. Once upon a time he had a mother, he had friends, he had a life, he knew what it was like to value humanity and be valued for his humanity. If/when he realizes what was ripped from him by that combat experience, he will face a kind of devastation that very few have the strength to survive and overcome. If he doesn't have that kind of strength (and it's not the muscles or the machismo,) he will never regain what he lost and in some ways that is still more tragic.

The worst casualties in war are sometimes the souls of the "victors."

sadly,
Bright<<

to Torch, not to sojourner.........but it was nice to read your well-informed post! :)

sojo