Last Wednesday a video was released showing US Marines urinating on dead Taliban soldiers in Afghanistan, and many who read my articles might expect that I would come out in condemnation of the act. I cannot. Why this video was released can only be debated, but if the purpose was to show the United States government as a civil authority that does not condone barbarism, it would have to be considered laughable.
What these young marines did in urinating on corpses was actually quite mild in comparison to other acts that occur in the course of war. During literally every war the United States has been involved in, and any other country for that matter, there has been barbarism. Why? Because that is what war is. There are now movies showing soldiers in World War II cutting off ears and scrotums for war trophies.
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