Hedges suggests that trauma can cause both positive and negative effect on the individual's faith. Depression and loneliness can leads to feelings of abandonment and loss of faith in God. The reality war exposes the true evil in men and the corrupt government. Day in and day out innocent civilians are mistreated or killed because they are considered different. War creates a void changing one’s belief, diminishing any participation in religion, feelings of being abandoned or punished by God and loss of meaning and purpose for living. All troops are exposed to the crude existine of war ,”Human beings are machine gunned and bombed from the air, automatic grenade launchers, pepper hovels and neighbors with high powered explosive devices and convoys race through Iraq like freight trains of death”(Hedges p2).
Wartime has the ability to manipulate the mind into a very dark place, the desire to destroy lives and objects . Hedges states , “In that moment of wholesale destruction , we wield the power to the divine , the power to revoke another person’s charter to live on the earth”(Hedges p 2). Furthermore, 20 year old of soldier sense of power is like King Kong on top of a building. …show more content…
Mejia describes , “the scenes of abuse , which began immediately after the American invasion ,were little more that collective acts of sadism”(Hedges p 3). Everything that was not considered the norm was terribly ridiculed . There was degraded name for every ethnicity, Iraqi were called Hadji and Vietnamese were called gooks.Prisoners were stripped naked and left in the sun for hours. Under the state law 18 or 20 year old American soldier is considered a adult , however science determines brain maturity is pass 20 year old. I personally believe that one in brain has matured by the age of 25 years old. Living life , going through life's trials and tribulation provides a sense of understanding for many .,