Rob, you are assuming that just because it isn't broadcast on the nightly news that no one will know, the thing is that the military, the offender's peers will know. Thats one of the things about being military, its a culture in of itself among the greater culture of its nation. Do you know the outcome of the Abu Gharib court martials? I know you can look them up but do you know the results off the top of your head, probably not, a note neither do I. The reason being is that it does not directly concern us, how about the Bradly Manning court martial or the state of the court martial proceedings against that idiot who we traded 5 taliban leaders for because he intentionally got his ass caught by them. The public doesn't know because the public doesnt want to know, so long as they feel the military is keeping them safe, the sheep dont give a fuck about the sheep dogs. But we take care of our own, one way or another.
As to dehumanizing the enemy, that's nothing new, its something thats been being done since before Sodom and Gamora were destroyed. When you are civilized, or at least view yourself as civilized it is hard to get people to fight to the death unless they truly believe that their lives are on the line, or the lives of their family. To get that belief across you dehumanize the enemy, the problem with that is when you have to treat the prisoners as human beings after capture, or when the soldiers start to view the ethnicity of the enemy as the dehumanizing aspect. Again, (though not to someone on this site) not trying to justify what was done, but when the Mongols came through the old Persian Empire, the area that is now the majority of the Middle East, they killed four out of every five men women and children, they destroyed irrigation, they tore down cities and homes and did not leave one stone standing on another. It was said they Made a desert and called it Peace, thus the quote. They recognized that only one thing ruled the minds of the tribal groups in this area of people and it was fear that their family units would be wiped from the face of the earth. The British learned from this in the post World War One break up of the Ottoman Empire. When a British patrol would be hit by the Muj, or just plain old angry teenagers from the villages that got their hands on a rifle or two and a few rounds of ammo, the redcoats would hunker down and call back to base for air support. The Brits would carpet bomb the nearest village to nothing and then sweep across it with their infantry to round up any survivors. When the tribal leaders got the message, they had instances where they would literally tie their young hot heads down in their homes until the British infantry patrols were out of range to attack. They did this to save their village.
Culturally they do not have the concept that westerners do of individual responsibility, its all about the family and familial responsibility. Thats why Honor Killings are a thing over there, thats why selling a younger sister into virtual slavery is not exactly frowned upon, And it is why we cannot rebuild their nations like we did Germany and Japan, there is no way to remove the jihadist mentality. Its a lost cause, just kick their asses and leave.
As to dehumanizing the enemy, that's nothing new, its something thats been being done since before Sodom and Gamora were destroyed. When you are civilized, or at least view yourself as civilized it is hard to get people to fight to the death unless they truly believe that their lives are on the line, or the lives of their family. To get that belief across you dehumanize the enemy, the problem with that is when you have to treat the prisoners as human beings after capture, or when the soldiers start to view the ethnicity of the enemy as the dehumanizing aspect. Again, (though not to someone on this site) not trying to justify what was done, but when the Mongols came through the old Persian Empire, the area that is now the majority of the Middle East, they killed four out of every five men women and children, they destroyed irrigation, they tore down cities and homes and did not leave one stone standing on another. It was said they Made a desert and called it Peace, thus the quote. They recognized that only one thing ruled the minds of the tribal groups in this area of people and it was fear that their family units would be wiped from the face of the earth. The British learned from this in the post World War One break up of the Ottoman Empire. When a British patrol would be hit by the Muj, or just plain old angry teenagers from the villages that got their hands on a rifle or two and a few rounds of ammo, the redcoats would hunker down and call back to base for air support. The Brits would carpet bomb the nearest village to nothing and then sweep across it with their infantry to round up any survivors. When the tribal leaders got the message, they had instances where they would literally tie their young hot heads down in their homes until the British infantry patrols were out of range to attack. They did this to save their village.
Culturally they do not have the concept that westerners do of individual responsibility, its all about the family and familial responsibility. Thats why Honor Killings are a thing over there, thats why selling a younger sister into virtual slavery is not exactly frowned upon, And it is why we cannot rebuild their nations like we did Germany and Japan, there is no way to remove the jihadist mentality. Its a lost cause, just kick their asses and leave.