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Here's a podcast where one of the authors of that study goes into more detail, especially on your second point: http://www.econtalk.org/leonard-wong-on-honesty
by pjscott 7y ago
Here's a podcast where one of the authors of that study goes into more detail, especially on your second point:
http://www.econtalk.org/leonard-wong-on-honesty-and-ethics-in-the-military/ http://www.econtalk.org/leonard-wong-on-honesty-and-ethics-i...
- papln 7y agoThe OP links to Wong's paper, but the URL is bad: correct URL: https://ssi.armywarcollege.edu/pdffiles/PUB1250.pdf https://ssi.armywarcollege.edu/pdffiles/PUB1250.pdf bad URL in OP: http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB1250.pdf http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB12...
- rurounijones 7y agoA lot of that report had me going "yeah this is not good" but it wasn't until "I falsified the [traumatic brain injury] report that changed a distance from the IED strike [to where] one person was standing. So that way someone didn’t come back down and stick a finger in my CO’s chest and say, “You need to evac that lieutenant right now!” Because in the middle of [a] RIP, that’s not going to happen. If I do that, I’m going to put my boys in bags because they don’t have any leadership. That ain’t happening. I owe the parents of this country more than that." That I really had to stop and stare and re-read the paragraph to make sure I understood what had happened. That is horrifying but the worst bit is I can sort of see the reasoning behind it, but bloody hell...