Reply #20: I'm certain he feels it in some way too.

[IrateCitizen]

In fact, I'm certain that this decision is one that will haunt him for the rest of his life. However, everything he saw in Iraq on his first tour will haunt him as well, as he has repeatedly stated.

Kevin Benderman found himself in a very difficult situation, and simply tried to make the greatest moral good come about as a result. For him to ignore his conscience and re-deploy would have been a greater crime than the legal one he was convicted of, or the "letting down" of his fellow soldiers.

Espirit d'corps is a great thing, until you realize how it is used as a conditioning tool to get people to engage in unconscionable actions out of a fear of letting down their fellow soldiers, sailors, airmen or marines.