Plus ca change...

Rolling Stone published a devastating article yesterday, written by Mark Boal. It illuminates the activities of a so called "kill team" of US Army soldiers stationed in Afghanistan. It could just as easily be detailing the activities of US soldiers stationed in Vietnam, during that deeply unpopular war. It lays bare the savagery that ensues as a result of war, war designed and planned by University graduates, but fought by semi-literate, mis-educated "children." Can we really expect nineteen and twenty year olds to have any lasting conception of the pain and suffering that they cause when taking life unnecessarily? Perhaps. History shows us, repeatedly, that this is not the case. At any rate, the article is a must read...