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[–] LuciusAM 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Eh, I have an Iraqi pistol belt somewhere that I acquired (through legal means friendly FBI agents reading this) so I can't say too much (though I never desired a human body part). I wonder how much of it stemmed from it being one of the first wars where soldiers weren't allowed to openly keep traditional trophies (weapons, helmets, ect) and how much it had to do with the kind of strain that kind of fighting puts on a young man fresh out of high school. The only kind of fighting more psychologically straining is sniper vs. sniper, and those people know that going in.

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[–] LuciusAM ago 

That is not necessarily true, many of the most successful armies in history have been highly disciplined. The Prussians for example were known for punching well above their weight class and for their discipline. Not all wars are fought to the knife after all.