tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255071107854928718.post5796191827830165619..comments2023-06-10T08:53:04.256-06:00Comments on The World As I see it : Photos of Troops Posing with Dead Afghans - Was the Publication Irresponsible?albertacowpokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10481945636963459213noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255071107854928718.post-55691113083559296672012-04-20T19:37:05.507-06:002012-04-20T19:37:05.507-06:00A big part is training, but like a horse you can ...A big part is training, but like a horse you can lead it to water but you can't make it drink. My guess is that this has a lot to do with repetitive tours. <br /><br />We can all be armchair quarterbacks, but we don't see is that young kid is plugged away from home into so me foreign place that he or she is totally unfamiliar with, where someone wants to kill him daily. For my money tours are too long, mental health assessments are all but non-existent before sending someone on a second tour. <br /><br />The opposite is true when you return from your war tour. You get tossed back into society and are expected to readjust right now. It's just not going to happen.albertacowpokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10481945636963459213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255071107854928718.post-36674361018884309002012-04-20T19:26:29.638-06:002012-04-20T19:26:29.638-06:00I've never been in the military, but it seems ...I've never been in the military, but it seems to me that better training at the beginning of service would help stop much of this unfortunate behavior.Barbara McPhersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02080203466616046195noreply@blogger.com