2026-09-06 08:22 UTC
One of the biggest myths, that most countries still buy into, is the noble warrior.
War is horrific, anyone who participates in it is not noble, and not a warrior.
They are state sanctioned murderers, and that's not to diminish what soldiers do, it's just a reality, and it bears heavily on many soldier's mind.
Dad almost threw himself off his apartment in Bangkok in the 2010's, 60-odd years after his combat.
The horror of war makes no one a hero, no one noble. Sometimes that's just part of war, as I said, state sanctioned murder. It's when your duty goes beyond that where people become deeply conflicted.
Dad's war was in Malaysia. And you might know a "bit", but you don't know anything, and that's the problem. They were there to do war crimes
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