May 2, 2012
Aaron Belkin – "This Is Not Who We Are": Contradictory Expectations in the US Military
“While the military does not avowedly embrace cruelty, and while most service members follow the rules most of the time, a more plausible, if radioactive, explanation for the consistency of stories about misconduct is that U.S. troops sometimes engage in brutal, sadistic behavior because of how they are trained.” — Aaron Belkin