It probably is "soldiers", at least that's my impression from the material there.
Not sure if this is related but... I saw it claimed somewhere -- I'll have to do the research later for the specifics, I have to leave for a family gathering in 15 minutes -- that the then-Department of War did an analysis on the performance of soldiers in the wake of WWII (and the Korean War? I can't recall), and discovered that some very large majority of soldiers froze on the battlefield at one point or another, briefly paralyzed at the thought of actually killing the enemy. Displeased with this, the Department changed their training methods to turn out more soldiers who wouldn't hesitate -- and we started getting things like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre]My Lai. I'll try and find links after the holiday, but if I'm remembering correctly I can certainly draw a line between this change in methods and things like this and Abu Ghraib.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
Not sure if this is related but... I saw it claimed somewhere -- I'll have to do the research later for the specifics, I have to leave for a family gathering in 15 minutes -- that the then-Department of War did an analysis on the performance of soldiers in the wake of WWII (and the Korean War? I can't recall), and discovered that some very large majority of soldiers froze on the battlefield at one point or another, briefly paralyzed at the thought of actually killing the enemy. Displeased with this, the Department changed their training methods to turn out more soldiers who wouldn't hesitate -- and we started getting things like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre]My Lai. I'll try and find links after the holiday, but if I'm remembering correctly I can certainly draw a line between this change in methods and things like this and Abu Ghraib.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.