Week 5
Section A01
In "Empire of Death and the Plague of Civic Violence" by Darrell Y. Hamamoto, the author explains how various mass murders and serial killings must be connected to the killings during war. Hamamoto mentions different cases that involved killers that only killed certain races and such. He tied them to the previous wars that has happened which were evidently connected to the reason behind all of these killings. Apparently, because of what these killers experienced as they were part of the work force, they have channeled all that anger and resentment on innocent victims who were of the same race as those they have encountered at war. It was kind of surprising to hear about all the different cases because of how similar they all were. I never noticed how common it was for these veterans to resort to killing others because of what they saw at war. I completely understand what PTSD can do to someone who has been at war because my dad was diagnosed with it a few years back. It's crazy to think that someone who has what my dad has, can become a totally different person. Honestly, it sort of gave me chills while reading about how these killers have tortured innocent people. Especially reading about the murders that happened at an elementary school because those children have done nothing to deserve it. They had their whole lives ahead of them but it ended so suddenly because of someone who was traumatized at war.
Question: How does the armed forces react to stories like the ones I read about? Are they doing anything to prevent any further murders that are tied to what some soldiers see at war?
References:
1) Hamamoto, D. Y. (2003). Empire of Death and the Plague of Civic Violence. In Masters of War: Militarism and Blowback in the Era of American Empire (pp. 277-291). New York, NY: New York: Routledge.
2) [Hovering U.S. Army helicopters covering South Vietnamese ground troops.]. (n.d.). Retrieved October 20, 2017, from http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Vietnam_War
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