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Killing in Comfort

August 22, 2021

Chilling. War not “abstract” for those blown apart

I killed Taliban fighters from an air-conditioned room. Did it even help?

I became a Marine to test myself in combat. I ended up waging a remote, abstract war.
By Ian Cameron, former Marine infantry officer 
August 20, 2021
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/i-killed-taliban-fighters-from-an-air-conditioned-room-did-it-even-help/2021/08/20/66522f2c-0049-11ec-a664-4f6de3e17ff0_story.html

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