HUM 2395 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Russell B. Long, American Exceptionalism, Pentagon Papers
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Us and war: vietnam: justifications for killing. Let"s reflect on some of the material that we have read and consider a couple of possible responses. I think it is the case the human beings are generally unwilling to kill. Certainly this was the case with the citizen soldiers that fought in world war two. It turns out the soldiers are not natural killers but they have to be trained to kill and this training allows them to kill in the moment but then creates trauma afterwards. One questioner at the recent commander in chief forum had a question for. She observed that over 20 veterans kill themselves a day and what did trump propose to do about this. Trump"s response is not important here; the suicide rate among veterans is. Clearly this reflects the trauma that war inflicts on those who fight.
