Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
Your post reminded me of this quote:

The fact of the matter is that war changes men's natures. The barbarities of war are seldom committed by abnormal men. The tragedy of war is that these horrors are committed by normal men in abnormal situations. Situations in which the ebb and flow of everyday life have departed and have been replaced by a constant round of fear and anger, blood and death.

-- Major J.F. Thomas in "Breaker Morant"
Todd, I'm always very thankful of the depth of your historical knowledge, and expecially the objectivity by which you present it. Thanks!

The quote above reminds me of a few chats we had during my time in combat. I distress at the number of times we used to say--concerning all sides, 'it should never be this easy to turn young men into savages'. More sadly yet, we knew we were most definitely not the first to say this.

I appologize for the slight detour/hijack--back to your regualrly scheduled discussion regarding false peerage titles.