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Originally posted by stuartj
He's pretty much nailed it, really. Him and George Orwell.
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Yes, of course. This distinguished essay clearly recalls George Orwell.
But what is "it", exactly, and how did Orwell "nail" it? Your credulous reader wants to know.
Orwell wrote many things about war, and even fought in one, but I do not recall him writing a thing about indicting soldiers for their failure of moral independence. No, his beat was the betrayals of power by the powerful through the devices of power. And, incidentally, he was no fan of pacifists.