American Soldiers Pros And Cons

Throughout the pop culture of science-fiction and action comics, video games and films, sequences of super-human experimentation proved effective over enemies. The Pentagon has been bringing the idea of an Ironman or Superman-like combatant to life by developing methods to enhance American soldiers towards forming a the most advanced, efficient military (Jacobsen). These methods stem from biotechnology, dating back thousands of years ago, and during the biotechnology revolution of the late 20th century, scientists learned to alter the genetic constitution of living organisms (Smith). Genetic engineering is used on our warfighters as we want our soldiers to enter the battlegrounds at the peak of their highest potential in strength, cognition, and endurance. Micheal Goldbatt, the director of the US’s military technology organization the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), defines this progression as the idea of Transhumanism: “The notion that man can alter the human condition fundamentally by augmenting the body with machines and other means” (Honigsbaum). However,
The returning veterans carry what they acquired during their time training and fighting back home. Soldiers who acquired bionic limbs or emotional suppression restrict themselves from assimilating back into society easily. Whether these elements are considered as advantages or disadvantages, they themselves or their peers are subject to discrimination because of the physical and social discrepancies. More importantly, as biotechnology persists, and soldiers become more robotic, they will begin to lose their sense of reasoning. Robots cannot reliably distinguish enemy soldiers from civilians. For example, American soldiers fighting in a foreign country should be able to distinguish the target, and refrain from causing collateral damage against innocent civilians. Conflicts between the two are