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unhappycamper

(60,364 posts)
Thu Jun 20, 2013, 06:38 AM Jun 2013

US Drone Operator says, ‘I became a sociopath’, regrets 1626 Killings (Lest we forget)

http://www.juancole.com/2013/06/operator-sociopath-killings.html

US Drone Operator says, ‘I became a sociopath’, regrets 1626 Killings (Lest we forget)
Posted on 06/19/2013 by Juan Cole

Lest we forget (from last summer): Brandon Bryant is haunted by his career as a drone contract killer for the US government.

Drone operator: ‘I became a sociopath’, regrets 1626 assassinations.

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US Drone Operator says, ‘I became a sociopath’, regrets 1626 Killings (Lest we forget) (Original Post) unhappycamper Jun 2013 OP
Killing Without Consequences Does That To People cantbeserious Jun 2013 #1
Drone strikes need to be reigned in. It's time to restore some sanity to humanity think Jun 2013 #2
One thousand six hundred and twenty six 90-percent Jun 2013 #3
See a film called "The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib", about US prison guards there... Triana Jun 2013 #4
And yet those who order this claim they are perfected Christians who act for Christ Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #5
This is yet another reason why the officer corps needs to be reformed. Maybe not allowing one byeya Jun 2013 #9
It's what I did telclaven Jul 2013 #12
He needs to look forward OnyxCollie Jun 2013 #6
As others have....one in particular. SammyWinstonJack Jun 2013 #7
Maybe it's the prospect of becoming OnyxCollie Jun 2013 #10
The costs of war Hydra Jun 2013 #8
This is why I tell people they should never join the military or Downtown Hound Jun 2013 #11

90-percent

(6,890 posts)
3. One thousand six hundred and twenty six
Thu Jun 20, 2013, 08:08 AM
Jun 2013

That number could make this man perhaps the most prolific mass murderer in history.

This man will be haunted about this for the rest of his life. What a horrible task our government asked of this man!

-90% Jimmy

 

Triana

(22,666 posts)
4. See a film called "The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib", about US prison guards there...
Thu Jun 20, 2013, 08:13 AM
Jun 2013

....same thing happened to them. They just learned not to have a conscience about what they were doing. And it haunts them.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
5. And yet those who order this claim they are perfected Christians who act for Christ
Thu Jun 20, 2013, 08:22 AM
Jun 2013

Imagine that. Imagine the sort of mendacious soul it takes to order young men to kill for you and then say 'I'm a big Christian, those people in love offend me and my wife'.

 

byeya

(2,842 posts)
9. This is yet another reason why the officer corps needs to be reformed. Maybe not allowing one
Thu Jun 20, 2013, 09:30 AM
Jun 2013

to become an officer candidate until he/she has served 2 years as an enlisted soldier. I think we need to break down the rigid class structure of the military.

 

telclaven

(235 posts)
12. It's what I did
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 03:33 PM
Jul 2013

Three years humping a mortar tube around before applying to OCS. Made me a better officer (I hope). At least my troops respected that part of my history.

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
11. This is why I tell people they should never join the military or
Thu Jun 20, 2013, 01:56 PM
Jun 2013

work for the Military Industrial Complex in any way as long as the government exists in its present from with its present policies. By doing so, you are nothing but an accomplice to atrocities. Or worse, someone who directly carries them out.

I do have some sympathy for this man, but I also have anger too. If it was my family member that he killed, I would want him dead. I wouldn't care if he was "just following orders." I would hate him for being cowardly enough to carry those orders out.

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