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Originally Posted by lookout123
i get a lot of my info from - as you like to say, from people "where the work gets done" - those that are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. I know people on the ground there right now. some rotated back stateside this weekend. I speak with these people about what they are encountering over there. Every one of them are pretty pissed about what they see on the news, because according to them, it isn't an accurate representation of what is really happening over there.
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I wouldn't believe anything a soldier told me, because I'm a soldier too. You don't have any battle experience or similar, don't you? Ever heard of battle stress an tunnel vision? There was a film (maybe ROE, don't know anymore), who sowed it quite clearly. The fact seeing an enemy doesn't mean that there really is one. Especally when they all wear the same clothes. You're just focusing and when you see only on thing fitting in your scheme of danger, you see it everywhere.
That doesn't mean, you are going crazy, but it is a problem in military operations. Trying to get a discipline in your troops before they use their weapons and not only firing in the heap.
And there's something else, military is a lot of talking and a lot of talking to people knowing shit about what happened. It's a very good feeling, when you can tell stories about what "happened" and everything is admiring you. And it's not easy for people coming home, when everybody is against a war you're fighting, so it's normal trying to defend yourself at home.
This doesn't mean that every soldier is lying, but believe me, I do it myself, unconsiously, knowing it isn't as tough as it seems.
So be carefull when hearing stories from a soldier, always.