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[theweaselking]

Remember the video of the pair of US Marines throwing a puppy off a cliff? How it looked somewhat fake, and people were thinking it was just horrible propaganda?

It wasn't. And the soldiers involved have been "disciplined".

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Military Service can be the right choice for the right type.

[raie.livejournal.com]

Before this current administration it wasn't so easy for people of this caliber to get into a branch of Military. Yes, it still happened, but not as much. And yes, often, the very nature of the military scenario might push those subconscious buttons in even the most sedate and calm individual. Some people, however, do improve by service in the military. We cannot ignore that MANY countries have MANDATORY inclusion into the Military for a number of years, which means they are not filtering out the crazies like the US once did. (I don't know if this kind of rubbish happens in those places.)

But lets take a deeper look into how things like this happen:
Step One: (Cut a hole in a box) Drop the standards on who does and does not apply for service. (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/07/11/MNG03JT3ER1.DTL)
Step Two: Send soldiers into a violent, bloody guerrilla-like warfare with a country for no particular reason or purpose. (http://www.news.uiuc.edu/news/04/0510war.html) bonus points if you insure that they are Poorly/under supplied (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nationworld/stories/082807dnintmilitary.37f74fd.html) with Shitty Equipment (like poorly armored Humvees)
Step Three: Keep them away from there homes and families in a stressed out combat environment for an over-extended period of time. (http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/11/military.stay/index.html?eref=rss_topstories)

Odds are, they'll "flip out" and kill innocent civilians, intentionally blow up religious gatherings, and throw puppies off cliffs. But hey, collateral damage amirite? They're just doing it for the Lulz.