Dead-Check in Falluja

Many posts ago, after the video of the Marine shooting the wounded Iraqi, I said that the Marine's training created a condition where the enemy was de-humanized. I got some e-mails saying I was way off base. Well the Vilage Voice has given us Dead-Check in Falluja by Evan Wright that really talks about the training that the Marines receive and the "dead check" procedure.

This sure isn't like the John Wayne movies about the "Fighting Seebees" or other WWII movies. "Americans celebrate war in their movies. We like to see visions of evil being defeated by good. When the people at home glimpse the reality of war, that it's a bloodbath, they freak out. We are a subculture they created and programmed to fight their wars. You have to become a psycho to kill like we do."

It's time to create some "peace" training instead of combat training..