Viral: Eerie photo of French soldier in Mali upsets military officials
I don't understand why there is such outrage. We need to accept that some of what we ask soldiers to do, regardless of country, involves killing other human beings. With any luck, this French soldier shall remain anonymous; because it seems that the French government wants to live under some safe belief that soldiers do not engage in violent acts. Also, perhaps it is that in this "eerie" image, there is a mockery of death; the gallows humors that so many military personnel carry with them everyday. If that is what rankles, then perhaps the time is long-since past to stop imagining that there is glory to be had in war.
As adults, we should all know that is not true.
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