Could a solider still be happy even if there in war? From
sitting down with veterans and asking them such questions they seem to all come
up with the same responses. Some said that even though death was all around the
thoughts of going home to their family made them happy regardless of the
circumstances that are going on. Another thing one of the soldiers said that
made them happy was the fact of there fighting for the innocent people that
have died for their country and also for the people that can’t and for that, it
seems that all they need to keep happy in the war. So yes I do think soldiers
still can be happy even if they are in war. It’s not just about killing and
seeing death for a soldier it more that they have a purpose out there to fight.
There life is worth millions of life. Now when interviewing one solider his
response was different. He thought Even
though there are things you can think of that make you happy and gave you a purpose
to keep fighting and to not get killed there is nothing happy that comes out in
war. The fact that you have to see people that are your friends get killed
right in front of you. Kids screaming for help because there shooting all
around and having to watch your every movement while out on the battlefield
give you no happiness and for that I guess even though I still think you can be
happy in war, there always going to be different perspectives and the only way
to know if we went out in the war our self.
https://www.quora.com/How-do-Military-Veterans-feel-when-they-return-home-from-a-combat-deployment
https://www.quora.com/How-do-Military-Veterans-feel-when-they-return-home-from-a-combat-deployment
I think soldiers experience a happiness in which civilians can't because they have never been put into the same situations. I come from a big military background and the sense of fulfillment from the veterans and active members in my family is something I can only see from the outside..
ReplyDeleteOne thing that I question; My brother, an ex-marine infantry at 18 years old till he was about 22 says that he was more happy when he was serving at war (missions) then where he is now... (out of the military, working construction). I have also met other veterans who have said the same thing. So again. there must be a sense of fulfillment of hapiness to these men and women in which I can not grasp, unless maybe I serve.
We're still looking, aren't we, for what William James called "the moral equivalent of war," for a pacific way of eliciting the martial feelings and sense of life-mission? We need to keep looking, and keep imagining "war no more." But until then, I'm glad happiness is not denied soldiers in arms.
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