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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Road Walker who wrote (433717)11/7/2008 3:10:45 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (1) of 1572508
 
"Was the military draft slavery?"

Of course. The very worst kind of slavery, where you are called on to kill and risk your life for your enslavers. It's easy to see why "fragging" developed.

en.wikipedia.org

"Fragging most often involved the murder of a commanding officer (C.O.) or a senior noncommissioned officer[citation needed] perceived as unpopular, harsh, inept, or overzealous. Many soldiers were not overly keen to go into harm's way, and preferred leaders with a similar sense of self-preservation. If a C.O. was incompetent, fragging the officer was considered a means to the end of self preservation for the men serving under him. Fragging might also occur if a commander freely took on dangerous or suicidal missions, especially if he was deemed to be seeking glory for himself.

The very idea of fragging served to warn junior officers to avoid the ire of their enlisted men through recklessness, cowardice, or lack of leadership. Junior officers in turn could arrange the murder of senior officers when finding them incompetent or wasting their men's lives needlessly. Underground GI newspapers sometimes listed bounties offered by units for the fragging of unpopular commanding officers.[citation needed]

During the Vietnam War, fragging was reportedly common. There are documented cases of at least 230 American officers killed by their own troops, and as many as 1,400 other officers' deaths could not be explained.[1] Incidents of fragging have been recorded as far back as the 18th century Battle of Blenheim."
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