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What It Means To Kill in Combat
“DEFENSE ONE” By Phil Zabriskie
“The killing a country does through its soldiers is part of its fabric and identity. The less it is examined, the less a country will know about itself, its impulses, and the impact of what it has trained and dispatched its sons and daughters to do.“
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“If a war fails to achieve its stated objectives—as Vietnam did—it can make the reasons for killing even harder to accept. Some recent vets of Iraq and Afghanistan, said the psychiatrist, are already asking, “What was it all for?”
This is not to cast troops who kill in combat as victims. They should carry the weight of what they did. But they should not be forced to carry it alone. Their leadership, from the company level all the way to the Chief of Staff, is part of every killing that’s carried out. So too are the civilian architects of these wars. And the rest of us bear some responsibility as well.
The killing a country does through its soldiers is part of its fabric and identity. The less it is examined, the less a country will know about itself, its impulses, and the impact of what it has trained and dispatched its sons and daughters to do.
A more honest conversation about what war is and what war does is a good place to start. Those who [called] for boots on the ground in Iraq, Syria, or anywhere else, should be first to have it. They should understand and explain exactly what it [means] if troops are deployed, and they should press the military to give its charges tools that not only help them kill when they should, but also how to live with the killing they’ve done later in life.
More counseling must be made available as well, as part of the broader overhaul of the VA, and steps taken to remove the stigma that still exists around seeking help for the psychological wounds of war. And no one should ask a veteran if he or she has killed anybody unless they really want to hear the answer—and are prepared to listen.”
What It Means To Kill In Combat
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Phil Zabriskie, a writer living in New York, is the author of The Kill Switch. Previously, he lived and worked throughout Asia and the Middle East, including in Iraq and Afghanistan.
#COMBAT #GoodLeaders #GovernmentAccoutability #GovernmentWaste #healthCareReform #history #Iran #iraq #isil #ISIS #Israel #LabelsBigGovernment #MIC #MiddleEast #Pentagon #politics #PTSD #VeteranSAssistance #VetsAgainstWar #war #WORLDHISTORY -
Syrian Australian Muslim Halts #Indian #Australian #ISIL Attack on #Jewish Australians
from #WorldOutlook
Dec. 18, 2025[originally published by Informed Comment on December 16, 2025 - https://www.juancole.com/2025/12/syrian-australian-australians.html]
The disdain for mindless violence exhibited by most of the world’s 2 billion Muslims is exemplified by Ahmed al-Ahmed. He interrupted the negative stereotypes of #Muslims so powerfully that white nationalists spread false allegations that he was actually a British IT specialist with a Christian name. Others attempted to maintain that he was a Christian Lebanese, which his name makes impossible. The #NewYorkTimes declined to mention his #religion. That there should have been a Muslim Schindler, a hero who followed the toleration promoted by the #ProphetMuhammad, was so insupportable to Islamophobes that they felt constrained to make up fantasies and obscure reality.
#FreePalestine
#NoToAntisemitism
#Palestine
#news #politics #BondiBeach -
Cosplay Kristi out here describing #antifa as just as dangerous as #MS13, #Hamas, #Hezbollah, and #ISIS / #ISIL.
if they don't shoot at least a few people in the streets before this presidency is over i will be shocked.
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Il #governomilitare del #Mali ha sciolto tutti i #partitipolitici del paese.
Il recente annuncio arriva pochi giorni dopo le proteste pubbliche che chiedevano il ritorno al #governocivile. Il leader militare #Goita ha preso il potere con due colpi di stato nel 2020 e nel 2021 in mezzo ai crescenti attacchi da parte di gruppi armati affiliati all’#ISIL (#ISIS) e all’affiliata regionale di #al-Qaeda, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (#JNIM).
Mio articolo
https://www.corrierepl.it/2025/05/16/la-giunta-del-mali-scioglie-di-nuovo-tutti-i-partiti-politici/
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So durchschaubar und billig. Könnte ja glatt von der #AfD kommen.
#Zionismus #NichtInUnseremNamen
Quelle: https://www.tagesschau.de/newsticker/liveblog-solingen-attacke-100.html
#Rabbinerkonferenz #KonferenzDerEuropäischenRabbiner #Zionistenkonferenz #ZionistischeLobby #IsraelLobby #Islamismus #Solingen #LaGrandeMotte #PichasGoldschmidt #Islam #Iran #IS #ISIS #ISIL #IslamischerStaat #Hamas #Russland #Ukraine