[Chainmail]

Not exactly "dehumanizing"; warfare and is preparations strip away the veneers of civilization. We are only law-abiding, nonviolent people because of our moral structures and our culture. It is entirely human to fight and kill other people and has been throughout our existence.

The most difficult thing for combat leaders to do is to get civilized young men to kill people.

The second hardest thing to do is to get them to stop.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

My opinion is that of someone who has never been near a battlefield but has seen the grief of families when their loved ones come home in a box.

There is a part of me that could care less. Piss on them. Feed them to the pigs. I do not care. Get back to me when we start cutting their heads off with pocket knives.

There is another part of me which says we should be above that. It is what separates us from them.

I am conflicted and sometimes the dark side wins.