Consider this fact:

Much of the military’s research on killing and battle stress began after World War II, when studies revealed that only a small number of troops — as few as 15% — fired at their adversaries on the battlefield.

Military studies suggested that troops were unexpectedly reluctant to kill. Military training methods changed, Grossman and others say, to make killing a more automatic behavior.

Bull’s-eye targets used in basic training were replaced with human-shaped objects. Battlefield conditions were reproduced more accurately, Burke says. The goal of these and other modifications was to help soldiers react more automatically.

The changes were effective. In the Vietnam War, 95% of combat troops shot at hostile fighters, according to military studies.


This version of warfare is new. In our lifetimes. Consider the post traumatic stress of those returning from Iraq.

I cant find a single good thing about us going into Iraq.

  • Reduce terror?  No, Iraq made us forget the war on terror in Afghanistan.
  • Democracy for Iraq? No, it was a secular country that we have helped turn into a Islamic one.
  •  Huge debts for our future. The interest alone is sad.

I’m Pissed

Posted on 18 July '04 by , under Uncategorized.