A little help

[elwoodblues]

Can someone help me understand the mentality of someone like this? Thinking it's fun to shoot people is a little too psychopathic for my liking.

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"Actually it's quite fun to fight them, you know. It's a hell of a hoot," Mattis said, prompting laughter from some military members in the audience. "It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be right up there with you. I like brawling.

"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil," Mattis said. "You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them."


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[nicky g]

Relax, man. They're just towelheads.

[andyfox]

I heard Laura Ingraham (sp.?) defending the comments on her radio show this morning. She said you want a military guy who wants to kill people.

One would expect a certain degree of wackoism among the military brass.

Helluva hoot.

[Victor]

Well, what is a military's main operating method? Clearly, killing people. So, I would say whoever is in charge of the military should want to kill people.

It certainly is a psychopathic mentality tho.

It was also interesting to read that the crowd reacted with laughter.

[Stu Pidasso]

His statement doesn't bother me in the least. He is talking about shooting them in a fire fight and not in some indiscriminant manner. He's confident of victory. Soldiers relish and enjoy victory. It really bothers me that people have a problem with that.

Stu

[elwoodblues]

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He is talking about shooting them in a fire fight and not in some indiscriminant manner.

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That's not what bothers me. What bothers me is that he finds it fun to kill them. That, in my opinion, is absolutely inhumane.

[cardcounter0]

What till he moves back to the States.
I'm sure he will be making his judgements about "manhood" down at the local supermarket also.
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[Koller]

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His statement doesn't bother me in the least. He is talking about shooting them in a fire fight and not in some indiscriminant manner. He's confident of victory. Soldiers relish and enjoy victory. It really bothers me that people have a problem with that.



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Unreal statement. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[Stu Pidasso]

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That's not what bothers me. What bothers me is that he finds it fun to kill them. That, in my opinion, is absolutely inhumane.

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Its a very useful part of human nature to enjoy killing the bad guys. Remember that is what he talking about, not indiscriment killing. Video games are successful because they play to this innate human nature. Whats sad is people want this soldier to deny his own humanity; to supress those emotions which help him survive the rigors of combat.

You have it all wrong. Its is war that is inhumane. The only crime this soldier is guilty of is being honest about his own humanity.

Stu

[lastchance]

Exhibit A: War messes people up.

I am more disgusted by the people who laugh at his comments than the Lt. General.