I was in the rear with the gear, where my dumb ass belonged. Yet I still helped kill people; I supported bombing strikes that put up to 230 tons of bombs on the ground in a single stroke. A small cog in a big machine designed to kill people and break things, I played my little part, and I have to own that.
In a sense, a combat infantryman like Rhythm has a cleaner conscience, perhaps, because he had a better reason to pull his trigger ... no one was shooting at me. So I won't equate killing in combat to murder; but because no one was shooting at me, does that mean my little part supporting those bombing strikes was cleaner, or dirtier?
I hope someone has an easy answer, because I sure in Hell don't.
In a sense, a combat infantryman like Rhythm has a cleaner conscience, perhaps, because he had a better reason to pull his trigger ... no one was shooting at me. So I won't equate killing in combat to murder; but because no one was shooting at me, does that mean my little part supporting those bombing strikes was cleaner, or dirtier?
I hope someone has an easy answer, because I sure in Hell don't.
