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Well, 'oopsie' in the sense of 'oops I just executed a man for having a mental wound, I guess that does look rather bad in retrospect' rather than 'oops, I should have cared about this soldier's individual condition'.
But they don't. The psyche requires them to absolutely not accept that. I don't think you understand how far a human mind will go with coping when it's required.
So just having to believe that it's a justified sacrifice means you do believe it so it doesn't matter if it the death was unjust as it served a higher purpose. So theyre doing their job. Getting the job done matter, not what it looks like. That was the whole point of my comment. Optics aren't a thing in the military. That's what was so freeing about it.