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Originally Posted by sixpakistan
What does that have to do with anything? We're not speaking about a people or a culture as a whole. The US Army is a military organization, with a specific set of goals, and the achiits goals usually involve death or destruction. That's how militaries work. People who join the military are generally aware of this.
So creating an analogy between the entire Muslim world & the US Army makes 0 sense. A better analogy would be comparing al-Qaeda and the US Army. Some Muslims support al-Qaeda and believe they are doing everything they can to protect and serve Muslims.. just like some Americans support the US Army and believe they're doing everything they can to protect and serve Muslims.
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I
strongly disagree. Shrug.
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Originally Posted by sixpakistan
Do you think all of the Nazis were evil and that every soldier in the German army was evil?
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As a collective, there's no doubt that Nazi Germany, as a whole, was evil, as was Adolf Hitler. However, do I think that
every German soldier was evil? No, honestly, I don't.
People do evil things under the orders of those in power, and for many people, power is intoxicating. Ever hear of the Stanford prison experiment?
Hitler was evil. Bush is evil. Cheney is evil. Their foot soldiers who carry out orders out of fear, loyalty, or need are not evil - misguided, ignorant, indifferent, brainwashed, yes. But not evil.