The enemy is a skilled and good one

Always respect your enemy

by making them seem like monsters its easier for the soldier to commit to violence without hesitation

Dude nah

he already has justified shooting any afghani on a cell phone he sees while in a convoy etc

what you're saying Rusty is objectively true, it holds a practical purpose, whether it is right or wrong tho, is another matter

Nothing is right in war man

you either come home or you don't

btw all the shit I'm talking is stuff from the On Combat and On Killing books, great reads if you guys haven't heard of them

people will always look at things subjectively, and stick to arbitrary beliefs, and morals

nothing is really right or wrong, ever

>The good news is that most soldiers are loath to kill. But armies have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. And contemporary civilian society, particularly the media, replicates the army's conditioning techniques, and, according to Lt. Col. Dave Grossman's thesis, is responsible for our rising rate of murder among the young.

Upon its initial publication, ON KILLING was hailed as a landmark study of the techniques the military uses to overcome the powerful reluctance to kill, of how killing affects soldiers, and of the societal implications of escalating violence. Now, Grossman has updated this classic work to include information on 21st-century military conflicts, recent trends in crime, suicide bombings, school shootings, and more. The result is a work certain to be relevant and important for decades to come.

@Dark Nate https://www.reddit.com/r/2b2t/comments/89wbyn/popularmmos_joined_2b2t/dwukmxz/

probs interesting books, will keep 'em in mind

on killing is the one to read if you don't want to join the military

on combat is moreso about how someone can be prepared for combat and how the body and mind respond under high stress. On Killing is about what happens to a person when they kill and how militaries indoctrinate people to bypass their natural value system of not wanting to hurt others

good to read, regardless of if you intend on using the information literally, I imagine

yeah

are/were you ever in the military?

Sounds like pussies need that training

You "dehumanize" lets say

Your enemy flanks you with excellent communication and coordination

Kill your friends

Now you have a non human beast whos smarter than you

We arent in the age of gatling guns atop the hill

@Deleted User yeah for most of my life

Marines think like this

Macro game

@Deleted User dehumanizing isn't all you do my dude, its just as simple as calling muslims goat fucking child rapists and applying that concept to literally every single one of them yo usee

And micro

I think that is a pretty awesome way to spend your life, in this shit world.. I would consider it time well spent

its a good paycheck and I learn a lot. I get a lot more chances to excel based on personal worth and merit than I would in any other line of work

What extent is this dehumanization, that soinds like banter

thats all it takes sometimes

Lol

dehumanization is a propaganda effort man

not atrocities

some posters here, a movie there, some memes

I would have liked to enrolled, under different circumstances.. perhaps in another life, lol

go to south africa when shit goes down there