Marine Lance Cpl. David Motari has been discharged for killing a puppy in Iraq.
Two observations:
1. War brutalizes. Without excusing his actions, it must seem bizarre to this Marine that we train him to be a lean, mean, killing machine, our media cheers the slaughter of thousands of civilians in shock and awe bombardment, our society relishes the slaughter of humans on TV in what is called a turkey shoot, -- and then we condemn a Marine for killing one tiny animal.
This lean, mean, killing machine must be wondering "Huh? What'd I do wrong? What happened?"
2. I'm disturbed that many Americans will feel greater remorse for one puppy than for the hundreds of thousands of people killed in the Iraq War.
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