Tags
combat, dave grossman, eof, Escalation of Force, intent to kill, iraq, Killology, kristan blanchard, On Combat, On Killing, phobic reaction to violence, posturing, sons of anarchy, trenton phoenix, US Rules of Engagement, USMC, VFW, voice recording, war, warfighter
Length: 24 min 20 sec
My voice recording discussing the ideas about what makes up a “warfighter” versus a combatant versus a soldier, or a private contractor, or a civilian. Briefly hitting on the U.S. Rules of Engagement definition of “combatant”, denouncing the idea that any military member is automatically a combatant, and a warfighter: attempting to broaden the definition of a word that is not yet defined into a more lateral perspective as opposed to a linear, simple perspective.
Discussing the idea of posturing, how that applies to the U.S. Marine Corps, and people in general, and who is most likely to become involved (usually by happenstance or accident) in kinetic combat actions (defensive or offensive – most likely defensive pursuant to the flight mechanism).
References made to Army (Retired) Lt. Col. Dave Grossman‘s work, specifically noting his statements that a human being “has to be severely deviated in nature to kill another human being” and that we (humans) “have an almost phobic reaction to violence” further supporting his idea that we must first become deviated in such an extreme manner in order to knowingly kill another person – regardless of circumstance (“On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society“