Part of the ideology underpinning any military organisation is that people may be put into situations where they will die, quickly or slowly, with or with pain or suffering. It must be pitiless and detached in order to perform its functions. The organisation cannot afford to care about the consequences for any individual as a result of its practice or decisions.

If we in the civilian side feel that militaries treat their recruits with disdain, we should re-visit the mythologies we retain that support socuh organised callousness. Such as believing in military adventures, in regime change, in nuclear weapons, in forcing countries to bend to our will. Unfortunatley I imagine that the US, France and the UK would rather unravel as nations than give up such foundational myths.


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