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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 8623993" data-attributes="member: 15700"><p>I'll add that I have first hand experience seeing the horrors of war, and how it's affected people. But I will try to avoid any anecdotal references as to why I'm arguing what I am. Most psychologists who have studied the topic agree that situational factors are the leading cause of war crimes (these are easy to google and find). And it's no shocker. Break someone's rational thinking due to stressors of combat, and you're going to have some people react badly, either out of self preservation or revenge. There are some detractors to that line of thinking, such as Matthew Talbert and Jessica Wolfendale's book, <em>War Crimes: Causes, Excuses, and Blam</em>e. However, even their book admits grudgingly that stressors lead to war crimes, and their focus seems to be on whether or not soldiers should be blamed and held accountable. They argue that they should be, and there are no excuses. Which is fine, I'm not really arguing against that. I'm simply stating that war itself, and the stressors encountered in war, may cause one to commit war crimes, and whenever you have war, you will find war crimes. And that seems to be near-universally agreed upon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 8623993, member: 15700"] I'll add that I have first hand experience seeing the horrors of war, and how it's affected people. But I will try to avoid any anecdotal references as to why I'm arguing what I am. Most psychologists who have studied the topic agree that situational factors are the leading cause of war crimes (these are easy to google and find). And it's no shocker. Break someone's rational thinking due to stressors of combat, and you're going to have some people react badly, either out of self preservation or revenge. There are some detractors to that line of thinking, such as Matthew Talbert and Jessica Wolfendale's book, [I]War Crimes: Causes, Excuses, and Blam[/I]e. However, even their book admits grudgingly that stressors lead to war crimes, and their focus seems to be on whether or not soldiers should be blamed and held accountable. They argue that they should be, and there are no excuses. Which is fine, I'm not really arguing against that. I'm simply stating that war itself, and the stressors encountered in war, may cause one to commit war crimes, and whenever you have war, you will find war crimes. And that seems to be near-universally agreed upon. [/QUOTE]
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