[lit-ideas] Re: Willie Pete's Role Reversal

  • From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 13:29:31 -0500

Eac> The ethical aspects of when to shoot and when not to shoot is a very hard one. But, remember that the military that is in Iraq has NOT had years of training on how to deal with some of Those situations.

JE: Of course. Also soldiers under attack and possibly in shock may be trigger-happy.

EY: Or more likely, they are facing dangerous and ambiguous circumstances in house-to-house fighting, such as when insurgents use women and children as human shields while firing on troops.

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