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People do things, good and bad, under such extraordinary circumstances. One example, Lt. William Calley. There have been many examples throughout history. It doesn't have to be during an armed conflict. Other examples include instances of overt police brutality. It makes my blood boil to see several officers on a scene obviously doing things they should know better than to do. I think it comes down to personal character and strength. If you have one overriding personality which can control the others in his group, you may wind up with a situation like this. It is no more a reflection on the current NCO corps than it would be on the Army as a whole.
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"Solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines."
~ Paul Brunton (1898-1981)
R.D. Winters
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