Killing Time
“Do you find such behavior aberrant, Doctor?" "Extreme," I replied, looking up with him at the monitors. "But not aberrant. Is that what this is for you—self-flagellation? With painful light and sound taking the place of the whip?" "In some way, I'm sure it is," Slayton answered with a frankness that was, like everything else about the man, very impressive. "For most of my life, Doctor, this world"—he indicated the screens— "was the wilderness into which I traveled, battling to bring the faith o...f democracy to the heathens. Until ..." His attention began to wander, but he soon caught himself. "It's one thing to discover that your god has feet of clay. It's quite another to find that those feet are soaked in blood. Not only the blood of your enemies but of your comrades, as well. And to realize that you yourself were complicitous in their deaths. Complicitous—by omission ..." I watched as tears welled up in his eyes again, then said, "Colonel, you're thinking of the Taiwan campaign.MoreLess
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