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Old 05-16-2013, 12:48 PM  
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Originally Posted by helterskelter808 View Post
There's a documentary called 'The Truth About Killing' (actually it's on Youtube, I may watch it again) which is about how, in the wake of the Vietnam war, the US military (successfully) attempted to stamp out soldiers' normal, innate aversion to killing other people.

Apparently in the Vietnam war, WWII and other prior wars, something like 90% (or some equally surprising number) of soldiers either didn't shoot or deliberately missed the enemy.
yea i was reading about that.. came across this:

http://www.historynet.com/men-agains...ietnam-war.htm

which talks about that entire theory and its source.. still, the 'after interviews' of this article writer still claims that 20% don't fire
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