I think the author of this article is onto something when he says "such euphemisms do not come close to the 'truth' of warfare." But I think that maybe we use

I think the author of this article is onto something when he says "such euphemisms do not come close to the 'truth' of warfare." But I think that maybe we use the euphemisms on purpose in order to distance ourselves from the reality of what war is, which at it's most basic level... is just ordinary people murdering one another. If you really stop and think about it like that, then I think it becomes clearer how going through the experience of war would mess with you: you're taught your whole life to respect others, be nice, etc., but then you're thrown into a new world where that morality is completely turned on it's head. How does one reconcile that world and it's values with the world of civilian life and it's values? They're completely dissimilar. I think that would mess with anyone.