Bartle and Murph always talk about how they do not want to be the one thousandth death. In order to avoid their death, they must kill. Everyday when they wake up could be their last day and in order to ensure they wake up the next morning they have to take someone else’s tomorrow away. Soldiers across the world from any country that experienced war knows that the constant fear of death looms over the battlefield. That fear could be from them dying, their buddies dying in war or just the fear of having to take someone’s life. One reality Americans do not have to face is that our military actions have legit consequences. Americans are so far removed from the act of war due to it being across the Atlantic Ocean and in the Middle East. Media usually does not cover the war while it is going on unless some American troops died. Not only is the American public removed from war but even some soldiers are removed from war. With the increasing use of drones, drone operators are removed from the act of killing people since it is just blips on a screen. There is less remorse in that case since they do not see the person they are killing which poses a problems if the blips on the screen were innocent civilians. Being removed from war also removes American from general human suffering in war. People on the “good” and “bad” sides are impacted by the realities of war. They both have the constant
Bartle and Murph always talk about how they do not want to be the one thousandth death. In order to avoid their death, they must kill. Everyday when they wake up could be their last day and in order to ensure they wake up the next morning they have to take someone else’s tomorrow away. Soldiers across the world from any country that experienced war knows that the constant fear of death looms over the battlefield. That fear could be from them dying, their buddies dying in war or just the fear of having to take someone’s life. One reality Americans do not have to face is that our military actions have legit consequences. Americans are so far removed from the act of war due to it being across the Atlantic Ocean and in the Middle East. Media usually does not cover the war while it is going on unless some American troops died. Not only is the American public removed from war but even some soldiers are removed from war. With the increasing use of drones, drone operators are removed from the act of killing people since it is just blips on a screen. There is less remorse in that case since they do not see the person they are killing which poses a problems if the blips on the screen were innocent civilians. Being removed from war also removes American from general human suffering in war. People on the “good” and “bad” sides are impacted by the realities of war. They both have the constant