Originally Posted by
Bruno
Personally, and this is just my civilian opinion, I think a lot has to do with politics.
first, people are rotated on tougher schedules than they used to have, or so I was told by military people here.
but more importantly: I think that a significant percentage of the problems is caused by the fact that some of the conflicts are outright political.
With WW2, there was a clear understanding with every single soldier that they were fighting for their country. And either they'd win, or they'd lose. Losing meant more misery for their loved ones. Winning meant going home. And there was a massive backing by the populace. WW2 vets are still considered heroes.
With political conflict, there is no backing from the population, and the soldiers themselves start to mentally question whether the misery they see on a daily basis is serving any 'good purpose' or not. If you see death and misery on a daily basis, and you realize that you are having part of it, and it is not serving any good other than furthering some political plays, and you have no homefront backing... it will be hard to stay motivated and mentally fit.
Just my 2cts. I have no experience with the military life so I could be completely wrong here.