The Ghost Soldiers

I suppose that O’Brien has a good reason to hate Jorgenson. The guy nearly killed him and caused a part of his butt to rot away. How do you let something like that go? How do you apologize for it? O’Brien couldn’t lay on his back, sit, and was the subject of jokes around the battalion supply section. He had to walk around with big yellow splotches on his pants. I would hate Jorgenson too if that happened to me. That’s just a one sided view of the situation though. Jorgenson was practically brand new. He had reason to be scared and freeze up. It was a moment of weakness, a moment of fear. In a war there isn’t room for mistakes though. Small little mistakes can be the difference between life and death which ended up being Jorgenson’s dilemma.

So yeah, Jorgenson was wrong for what he did but things happen. O’Brien became so consumed with anger and hatred that he couldn’t even see Jorgenson’s side of the situation. All O’Brien wanted was sweet, sweet revenge. He didn’t have the heart to do it himself though. He enlisted the help of Azar. I don’t think it’s a good idea to enlist the help of a emotionally disturbed person like him. O’Brien says he has a better sense of “justice”. I think he just asked him because Azar was a prankster and would go to any lengths to have a little fun. It’s sad to see someone be that consumed with the thoughts of revenge. By the time that O’Brien realized the prank had gone on long enough, it was too late. Azar was too riled up and determined to finish what he started. Lucky for O’Brien that Jorgenson realized what had been going on.