It is easy to say that "Troops at Odds With Ethics Standards"

Troops at Odds With Ethics Standards
Army Also Finds More Deployment Means More Mental Illness
By Thomas E. Ricks and Ann Scott Tyson
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, May 5, 2007
- More than one-third of U.S. soldiers in Iraq surveyed by the Army said they believe torture should be allowed if it helps gather important information about insurgents, the Pentagon disclosed yesterday. Four in 10 said they approve of such illegal abuse if it would save the life of a fellow soldier. In addition, about two-thirds of Marines and half the Army troops surveyed said they would not report a team member for mistreating a civilian or for destroying civilian property unnecessarily. "Less than half of Soldiers and Marines believed that non-combatants should be treated with dignity and respect," the Army report stated. About 10 percent of the 1,767 troops in the official survey -- conducted in Iraq last fall -- reported that they had mistreated civilians in Iraq, such as kicking them or needlessly damaging their possessions.

　確かに長くいる兵士であるとか派遣回数が多い兵士ほど倫理基準に対して鈍感になっているってのは容易に想像できるけど、しかし僕はだからといって彼らを責めようって気にはならないな。

　誰だって死にたくないと思うし、殺されそうになったら相手をそれより先に殺そうとする。
どいつが敵だか判然としない状況にいれば尚更ですよ。

　他の人が批判するのを止める気はありませんが、僕は彼らに対して道徳律のみで論難するようなことは出来ませんわ。

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