Is volunteering for the military potentially unethical?

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Re: Is volunteering for the military potentially unethical?

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I think in the first Iraq war in 1991 it was estimated that roughly 80% of all allied casualties was due to friendly fire, 1 even died in a car accident in a US military camp. Then there was a horrific accident by a military Apatche pilot unaware of drifting in the wind, he would spot this tank and shoot it, unfortunaly it was a US tank.

If you go into the military, you will find untold horrors if you are send on active duty, many veterans returns as mental train wrecks suffering heavily from PTSD.

There's a famous experiment explaining why normal law abiding citizen once in war, they would commit unspeakable warattrocities, and you will most likely also fall victim to this psychological phenomenon.

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HexHammer wrote:I think in the first Iraq war in 1991 it was estimated that roughly 80% of all allied casualties was due to friendly fire...
Source?
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John K wrote:
HexHammer wrote:I think in the first Iraq war in 1991 it was estimated that roughly 80% of all allied casualties was due to friendly fire...
Source?
Danish newspaper somewhere in late 90'ies, goverment TV, Discovery Channel, etc mid to late 90'ies, it should be very common knowledge!
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HexHammer wrote:
John K wrote:
HexHammer wrote:I think in the first Iraq war in 1991 it was estimated that roughly 80% of all allied casualties was due to friendly fire...
Source?
Danish newspaper somewhere in late 90'ies, goverment TV, Discovery Channel, etc mid to late 90'ies, it should be very common knowledge!
Please give me an example.
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John K wrote:Please give me an example.
Of what?
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HexHammer wrote:
John K wrote:Please give me an example.
Of what?
Of Allied friendly-fire casualties of 80% during the Gulf War.
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John K wrote:
HexHammer wrote:
John K wrote:Please give me an example.
Of what?
Of Allied friendly-fire casualties of 80% during the Gulf War.
You want me to dig up 15-20 years old info? Are you trying to be amuseing?

Go find it youself!
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HexHammer wrote: Go find it youself!
I did. Your information is incorrect.
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Coalition : 190 killed by enemy action, 44 killed by friendly fire, 248 killed by in-theater accidents
Total: 482 Killed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War

If you count accidents as friendly fire then 60% were killed by friendly fire.
If you count accidents as a standard aspect of warfare then only 9% were killed by friendly fire.
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Should we brace ourselves for the moving goalposts?
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John K wrote:
HexHammer wrote: Go find it youself!
I did. Your information is incorrect.
Says who?
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HexHammer wrote:
John K wrote:
HexHammer wrote: Go find it youself!
I did. Your information is incorrect.
Says who?
Says me.
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John K wrote:
HexHammer wrote:Says who?
Says me.
Can you bring a bit more solid argumentation instead of this preposterous silly argumentation?
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HexHammer, your confrontation is unnecessary. Throwing about arbitrary statistics in the hopes that they legitimize your argument is only good enough for general public consumption or politics. I hope that this forum is above such simple and generally insufficient methods.

To Ned, your original question is inherently flawed. I (friendly) dare you to answer a simple question. Can you name a single profession that is free from ethical challenges? I'll make it easy and let you define what you mean by "ethics" and "challenge."

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Tusok wrote:HexHammer, your confrontation is unnecessary. Throwing about arbitrary statistics in the hopes that they legitimize your argument is only good enough for general public consumption or politics. I hope that this forum is above such simple and generally insufficient methods.
I presented something, you present nothing.
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