Seven Royal Marines arrested on suspicion of murder in Afghanistan
The Telegraph, 12 October 2012
British soldiers are schooled in the slaughter
of sheep. It’s where they first learn
to look a fellow creature
in the eye and take away its life.
It’s where they learn to appreciate
the artistry of the kill
and lose their discomfort among the remains
of the slain. And if once being human
was synonymous with humane
the killer needs find something of death
lodged in his breast. There is nothing
new in drone warfare
if a man must be given an ROE card
to tell him when it is wrong to kill.
(c) Slush Poet
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