• sOlitude24k@lemmy.myserv.one
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    4 hours ago

    It absolutely could, and should. I’m not saying that the crimes should be forgiven, but it is not a purely black and white area. It is very grey. To ignore the fact that they were ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, just because it’s uncomfortable to think about, would be a disservice towards efforts to prevent things like this in the future. People are complex.

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      40 minutes ago

      They have a choice. They could either kill innocent people or sit in a jail cell. Picking the first one makes you a sociopath.

      I guarantee he would face a lot less trauma in jail, especially since he is a trained soldier.

      Stop making excuses, “complexity” doesn’t justify genocide. Do you also think that our soldiers who slaughtered hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis are just victims? Do you think the surviving family members would agree with that sentiment? That their families murderer is a victim?

      It’s all the same shit. They are copying us creating more terrorists for the future wars