Does It Ever Bother You That You Murdered People In War?

Answer 1

Big difference between murder and killing someone in combat. The terrorist that straps a bomb to their waist then goes out detonates their self in a crowd is a murderer. The "insurgents" that capture American troops then coldly execute them are murderers. In combat its black and white - you kill them or they kill you. Go on to Iraq and learn the difference. After you have been shot or IED'ed a few times then you might step down off you high moral stand and see it for what it is and be glad that you got them before they got you like they got your buddy with the slicker thrown over their body. Don't even try to lay a guilt trip on GIs that were doing their duty.

Answer 2

See at the time the rounds were zipping towards me and my team members, I figured I had probably better do something to stop them from continuing to come my way, so I did. The whole "forgive me Father for I have sinned, but it was either me or him" thing comes to mind.
However, I do get rather depressed for the same month [it happened] every year since because I realized there are possibly families now which have a mom & dad w/o their son, a sibling w/o their brother, neices/nephews w/o their uncle, sons/daughters w/o their dad, and a widow out there. No offense, though, but I didn't want any of those types of relatives of mine to experience that.
I also do not feel guilty in any way for going to war in the first place. Any government who uses chemical weapons on its civilian citizens [like Saddam did to the Kurds--I still remember vividly the picture in Time magazine showing a woman's dead body and in her arms was her dead infant lying in a street in northern Iraq], does not deserve to be in power. And I am going to fight back against anyone that fought for that government. Most of their military immediately surrendered, but some did not.
Lastly, maybe you're right and we should just completely abolish our military cause war is wrong. Problem is, that would simply be leaving ourselves wide open for all those persons who want to kill all of the "satanic infidels" here in the US.
Oops just re-read your question...nope never murdered anyone yet. So I can't feel guilty form somthing I would never do.

Answer 3

Nope, but I never went to war.

Does it bother me that people are killed in war, . Yes a little bit, but than agains, I don't think enough people die in war. I feel that war should be such a horrible thing where so many people suffer, that the average man would be so sicken that we only enter a war at extreme cases.

It bothers me more, that people try to influence me though.

Answer 4

ppl arent murdered in war. murder by definition is an act that is committed by criminals. are you calling every soldier of everycountry of every war in history nothing but a bunch of criminals. is it true that ppl die civilians and soldiers yes and unfortunately it happens. nobody believes in war or even wants it. but there is such a thing as a just war. it would be nice if every country or group of ppl could play a game of sink my battleship to settle their differences instead of a gun. unfortunately this isnt a realistic thing

Answer 5

Im deployed and I think its a good question. Some people are affected by it a first but then they get use to it. When you go out that wire you become cold on the inside, its just the way it has to be. You dont get affected by seeing a dead body, or your friend dieing in your arms. Your not being mean or inconsiderate by asking the question because you dont know what its like to kill or be out here. Its just like when you ask a police man if he has ever shot anybody, its curiosity. So for your answer, it did bother me but you get use to it.

Answer 6

By following the ROE(Rules of Engagement) and the Geneva Convention, I don't "murder" opposing forces. Kill is the word that should be used. Now, does it bother me that I've "Killed" an enemy? Yes it does.

Answer 7

Soldiers fight in war and the killings are not murder but legitimate casualties of the conflict

Answer 8

Why are you asking this question ? Do you want to stir up someones PTSD ? That's just mean ! People are haunted by the memories of war and some are never the same again. Stop being mean hearted.

Answer 9

Nope and Nope.

I was an infantryman in Baghdad in 2004-05. Every engagement I was in was against individuals who were trying to kill civilians.

Is it "murder" when you shoot a suicide bomber who was trying to blow up and all girls school?

How about a group of men who are firing mortars at a mosque?

I sleep like a baby.

Answer 10

Murder

1. Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder), and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder).

Shooting the enemy in war time does not fall into the definition of murder.

Now had you asked about killing.....