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This might get a lot of down votes but I want to say I don't think it's fair to blame the soldiers in the field for the choices of the decision makers in the office. Those horrible events were unwanted 'byproducts' of the goal of men with evil plans, they were not veterans going off-book. In other words, these veterans did what was asked of them. I'm not saying they didn't do some very bad things, but they aren't the people that should be 'thanked'.
They chose to become soldiers. They chose to commit these crimes. Thatโs not to mention that there are countless, countless examples of cruelty and violence that the average soldier chose to commit even if not ordered to