T-level expectations of Hegseth misread the basic science of testosterone

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33. My LAI was a crime, even those in the event recognized that

I have a hard time thinking soldiers want murderers on either side of them

Making the enemy incapable of fighting is the end game, becoming a monster isn't. The guys at My Lai had awful leadership that got frustrated, and they turned on civilians because bad leaders sad the civilians were disguised Viet Cong.

ALong the way to incapacitating your enemy, you've got to keep the enemy in front of you from wiping out the men on either side of you Because, it's THOSE guys who are going to save your ass when you get hit by bullets, mortar rounds, and all else

Assuming every civilian is an enemy reflects collapse of trust and discipline. Everything becomes a matter of NOT trusting they guys next to you. And that transition wrecks the squad, platoon, or company

TRUST that the guys next to you will respond when you are in need is the GLUE that hold together line units. It's the thing that makes medal of honor winners do the most dangerous things possible to care for the other guys in the unit

I don't think any soldier would trust a criminal. I saw guys accused, but not convicted of crimes meet their end wrapped in blankets and found crumpled at the bottom of stairwells... so called Blanket Parties.( Spring 1972 Ft Gordon, GA). That was also a crime and the guys suspected of it were arrested (I can't say how that turned out, because I graduated from my training and left before their trials,