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> What do you mean by "Scared kids"? These soldiers we send into combat are adults and trained professionals. If anything they should be better able to assess a
by dctoedt 14y ago
> What do you mean by "Scared kids"? These soldiers we send into combat are adults and trained professionals. If anything they should be better able to assess a situation in combat with boots on the ground, not flying above the area thousands of meters away firing missiles.
I believe we have some combat veterans among the HN crowd; you might ask them whether you've got a realistic view of the stress of a combat situation.
- tptacek 14y agoCan I just say real quick that when I said "scared kids" the thing in my head was Kent State? I have a generally high opinion of people who serve in the military. I couldn't have done it. I don't think they're all dumb kids.
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- dctoedt 14y agoFor clarity, I wasn't responding to you, Thomas. The people I've known who have been in combat (including my dad) have uniformly said that of course they were scared, but they did their jobs anyway as best they could. And yes, most of them are basically kids.