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Originally Posted by Livia
Actually, I have been in several war zones, although I was fully protected by armed guards. And I'm a military widow and that gives me some insight into it. I've worked in Israel, I've been to Palestine several times, I'vbe been to Iraq and Syria and the refugee camps in Jordan.
No one's saying people don'y have the right to say whatever they want. But I also have the right to say what I said, from a stronger, more informed position.
And as for not needing battlefield experience to understand that order must be maintained... Well, battlefield experience will teach you that soldiers are human beings with human reactions and emotions. Putting on a uniform and doing basic training doesn't make you into a robot.
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Nor does a uniform make you infallible or above the law, recently there has been media attention on soldiers and their part in torture and killings deemed unlawful.
Personally I don't agree with that as I don't believe their actions were not ordered, they would be nothing but scapegoats if there were any repercussions.