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Old 11-07-2009, 10:42 AM   #31
bjrnfrdnnd
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Originally Posted by Patricia View Post
Neither of my relatives actually want to hurt anyone. If their economic circumstances were different then they would probably make different choices.
That is an interesting thought. I suppose this is an argument that explains why so many people of lower economic power join the army; in my opinion, it cannot be a moral argument at all. If implicitely states that these persons, by joining the army, hope to better their economic situation at the expense of possible innocent victims (collateral damage). I sincerely hope that most people joining the army, aside from economic motivations, do also think that the army they join is serving a greater good; and if they find that it is not doing so, they should leave the army in spite of the economic consequences. Therefore, I do think that soldiers are responsible for the wars they are leading, and should always be able to defend any given war on a moral basis.
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