This article describes the Pentagon's latest brainstorm: drugging soldiers. Apparently, this "desensitizes them to the horrendous aspect of war, but also maximizes soldiers' lethality by bypassing their moral autonomy. " I mean, I guess dehumanized killing machines is cool and all, but it's so Africa 2007. And there they didn't need big marines to get the job done; their killing machines are all too young to vote. Come on, Pentagon. I won't be impressed with your drugged out killers until they're under 4' 11".
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Africa? Come on Ellen, didn't you see Universal Soldier back in 1992? Jean-Claude would be so disappointed.
The article has the best quotes though. Among my favs are this one: "...maximizes soldiers' lethality by bypassing their moral autonomy." Cuz what place does moral autonomy have in a war?? Soldiers aren't supposed to think, they are supposed to do what they are told with no questions asked! That's right, just shepherd those folks into those ovens over there...
I suppose the worst part is that there are some folks that don't even need the drugs.
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