Posted by caraher on September 17, 2007, at 21:50:30
In reply to Got another one!, posted by Happyflower 1 :-) on September 17, 2007, at 13:48:27
I don't think you get as many contemporary stories like that. When the US military was largely draftee (at least in the enlisted ranks) I think there was more of a need to acknowledge the humanity of the men. One tragedy of the all-volunteer force is that there's less sympathy for resistance to the many inhumane situations that come up in war and military life. "You volunteered, so suck it up!" Never mind the amount of economic coercion involved in enlistments.
Certainly today's soldiers are just as human and just as interested in doing the right thing. It just seems like they don't get as much slack in some respects.
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