please only serious answers,ie iraq afghanistan ww11, what did it feel like. was there guilt .do you feel bad about it even if its you or them.its to settle a discussion in work.thanks.oh and did you hesitate.im talking during combat, war here so no silly comments.thanks.
2006-12-20 02:28:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
scorpion soory you had to go through that so do you agree its based on self preservation.ie killed or be killed.?
2006-12-20 03:33:25 · update #1
thanks for all input was just curious .thanks
2006-12-21 00:53:52 · update #2
No, never killed anyone in combat. But got to see dozens upon dozens of dead Iraqis during the Gulf War. Made me feel bad for them, not really in a sad way but in the way that I could be the dead one.
2006-12-20 02:33:03 · answer #1 · answered by Frank R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When it happened I suddenly remembered Erich Maria Remarque's 'All quite on the Western Front' It was really foolish of me at the time in the Kashmir battlefield in the Chhamb Jorian Sector. There I was standing over a Pakistani soldier who fell to my bullet writhing in pain. And here was I who unmindfl of the compsomising position I was standing had stood still like a block.I was feeling more guilty than triumphant. Perhaps that jawan was lijke me the son of some agricultural worker who had joined the army by force of circukstances and not due to high patriotic sentiments. I was actually crying rather than triumpheting. I sat down by his side and asked for his pardon for my deed. He could have knocked me down the gun still being in his hand. But he held my hand tightly and inbroken words gave me his address in Pakistan and prayed me to go there when I can and till his wife that it was of her he was thinking at this time. And he passed out. I kept his word after the war was over. His widown ,desite the fact that I had killed her husband, treated me like a brother in law and made me stay for a couple of days before I returned. I will always remember the soldier. What oh,why do we really fight?
2006-12-20 10:42:41 · answer #2 · answered by Prabhakar G 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
People have... and just to let you know.. if you meet a real VET.. it isnt polite to ask that question... Some people do not appreciate that being asked up front... some dont care but many do.. on here it is fine for it is their free will... but just in case you are face to face with a vet.. please dont ask them that question.. let THEM tell you if they want to... Thank You
2006-12-20 12:35:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
random fire never meant nothing unless someone got hit , then after a while that don't mean nothing either. but the ones that stick are when you have them in your sights and see there eyes the eyes always stay. at he time it is survival later is when it gets you. just keep telling yourself it mean nothing works for awhile
2006-12-20 14:20:35 · answer #4 · answered by robert s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was a medic...I had to shoot a Somali when I was in Somalia in 93...it was me or him and needless to say I was a better shot...I sleep well every night...what sucks is that after my infantrymen popped them I had to give them aid...I was "Trained to Save", but when you are with the infantry you are a rifleman who knows a lot of first aid...lol...
2006-12-20 10:34:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
this is not a question you should be asking combat vets, we don`t like talking about it.
2006-12-21 09:51:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never had time to think about it. I did what I was trained to do and never think about it now.
2006-12-20 14:11:19 · answer #7 · answered by jarhed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i killed 32 iraqi insurgents in 12 days during the second fallujah battle ....and i dont feel sorry for them ...
2006-12-20 10:47:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
it's the ones up close that stay with you .
2006-12-20 10:31:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋