Reply #83: What context?

[Nuclear Unicorn]

The post pretty much implies that if not for the war the accused would be sweet, church-going boys who rescue kittens.

I'm going to consider that these thugs were thugs long before they put on a uniform.

Why do I assume that?

Because if the military turns good people into bad people then they would still be bad people after they leave the military. But are nation is NOT swimming in millions of sociopaths who happen to be combat vets. Yes, many need help leaving hte horrors of war behind but they come home and resume their lives as the loving parents, spouses, friends and neighbors that they were when they left.

If the military, by training or neglect, made these thugs cut off fingers then why do we not have an epidemic of finger cutting murderers roaming our streets as millions of combat vets resume their normal lives?