Originally Posted by DWB

Because you are an American who has been force fed American exceptionalism and propaganda since the day you were born, and because you have served, you are unable to see or comprehend the fact that what crucifissio said is generally on the money and is a current shared view around the world. Most of the people around the globe are sick at tired of the American war machine.

Each and every man in uniform has the choice to follow an order he knows is morally wrong, or face the consequences of his action for disobeying that order. Fear of those consequences is why you conform and do what you're told, often doing horrible things on behalf of someone else. But that doesn't make it OK. Anyone can pull a trigger or launch a bomb. However, it takes a strong man to do what is right when faced with those consequences. The choice is and always has been the soldiers. But due to their brainwashing and fear of consequences, they conform, do what they are told, and die if they have to. I actually feel sorry for you guys. I can't imagine the guilt so many of you have, having to go going against your own moral code as a human being because someone who has more stripes than you told you to do things that were/are morally unacceptable and wrong on every level. It would be a difficult position to be in, and I do empathize, but there is always a choice. You just don't like the options. No one wants to sit in a military jail for disobeying orders, but I would personally rather sit in a cell than spend the rest of my life haunted by my inhumane acts, because I was "just following orders."

I'm not bashing on soldiers here, I come from a very long line of Marines in my family. I'm just pointing out that there is always a choice.