Originally Posted by tread_head (Post 278933)

Raaaid: As a Soldier who has seen combat I can tell you that this is wrong. Soldiers are trained to fight, and though there is usually a moment of hesitation during a Soldier's first action, the training almost always kicks in and they DO shoot. Also, while there are certainly mentally unstable people within all militaries, most war crimes (not counting government sanctioned actions) are not committed by "psicopathic people" but rather units (usually Platoon level or below) with a high degree of combat stress, low morale, and poor leadership. Unless you've been in combat, you have no idea what you are talking about.