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Does Our United States Army Really Need To Shoot Live Pigs?
ga0.org — On July 18 the U.S. Army 25th Garrison Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii conducted a training program for soldiers that consisted of shooting live, anesthetized pigs with high-powered M16A2 and M4 rifles, claiming that this cruel exercise was carried out to prepare combat medics to deal with battlefield injuries.
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- mandagrrl, on 09/03/2008, -0/+3Reminds me slightly of the story of the goats in that Jon Ronson book (without the M16's and M4 weapons)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Men_Who_Stare_at_ ...
Those were anesthetized as well and subject to all sorts of tests... - CaptSuggs, on 09/03/2008, -0/+3No need for it, it doesn’t help the medics. They would be trained nurses and doctors. They would have worked in many a hospital that would have the sort of wounds that they will see when they get in the field of combat. Needs to be stopped ASAP
- MizSwann, on 09/03/2008, -0/+2I was at Schofield Barracks for three years. I am not surprised.
And that is all I have to say about that...a la Forrest Gump.
Meh... - syadasti, on 09/04/2008, -1/+1If they do, they can find a whole bunch of the squealers on the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
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