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Originally Posted by Kindle
I was taken aback by 'your opinion'.
Thankfully 'this opinon of yours' is in a minority.
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That they're paid is indisputable. That's not a matter of opinion one way or the other.
That they kill is indisputable. That's not a matter of opinion one way or the other.
That they choose to do this is indisputable, they're not conscripts, they volunteered. That's not a matter of opinion one way or the other.
Quite a few even boast about doing it for personal benefit - they get put through college, they get their education, they get job qualifications, they're trained in areas which allow them to get civilian jobs after their discharge. It's the major selling point of recruiting sergeants going round slum schools enticing school-leavers to sign up. That's not a matter of opinion one way or the other.
What's left?
Oh... whether they work for criminals. That, I agree, only time will tell. If the key members of the Bush White House finally go to their graves without appearing in a US court to answer charges of treason then maybe it's an inaccurate word. They definitely can't be summoned to the International War Crimes tribunal because the US deliberately didn't sign up to it. I think you'll find that few of them travel abroad from now on though. If they land in England there'll be a queue of people applying for magistrate orders to have them arrested for torture under UK law, the way we did with Pinochet.
Oh - final point: my view's not a minority view. What I say here is what most of the world thinks.