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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Video: Angle Supporters Fire Javelin Over Reid Fans...Oh Wait...Whoops...That's Our Troops Firing Over Cows
This is an honest question; I have not had the honor of serving and do not know:
Every one of these videos has soldiers laughing and cheering. About the only time I don't hear it is in video taken during a hot fight when the outcome, even over the next second or two, is not certain. I'm not criticizing, because I certainly understand the impulse.
But have soldiers always done that? Laughed to see their shots strike the enemy? Vietnam? WWII? Agincourt?
If not, what's changed? Is it just that so much of the fighting we see is isolated units on both sides, rather than large, set-piece battles? Change from hand-to-hand to called-in artillery or air support? Change in the fighters themselves?
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This is an honest question; I have not had the honor of serving and do not know:
Every one of these videos has soldiers laughing and cheering. About the only time I don't hear it is in video taken during a hot fight when the outcome, even over the next second or two, is not certain. I'm not criticizing, because I certainly understand the impulse.
But have soldiers always done that? Laughed to see their shots strike the enemy? Vietnam? WWII? Agincourt?
If not, what's changed? Is it just that so much of the fighting we see is isolated units on both sides, rather than large, set-piece battles? Change from hand-to-hand to called-in artillery or air support? Change in the fighters themselves?
Something else I can't see?
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