But first reactions might be wrong... I trust that the soldier in question will be treated justly by the military court system. The initial evidence does appear rather damning to an outsider...But in no way can you take this single incident and apply it accross the board and make such a ridiculous statement about the US commiting war crimes on a large scale.
If there were mass war crimes as you alledge then all of the injured terrorists would have been shot in this incident, not just one.
Unfortunatly, this could just be a case of a good soldier making a single really bad decision in the heat of the moment, and that bad decision might destroy the rest of his career and possibly his life.
I trust the military courts will do the right thing, although I have no idea what the right thing is in this case...
You are a sicko to try to capitalize on a really terrible situation.
Scott Evil
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re: My first reaction was that this is a murder...
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- Here's one for the pious, naive stay-at-home chickenhawks.
- re: hey Bowser, on a related note, Did you see the kill ratios for the Battle of Falluja?
- You have to understand the language used.......
- So now your defending terrorists.
- And one more point of view...
- re: Here's one for the pious, naive stay-at-home chickenhawks.
- That's the point. This type of stuff is unavoidable in war.
- Let him correct you if you are wrong
- re: Let him correct you if you are wrong
- Did he deserve death?
- He was an enemy combatant, so yes he did.
- Poor chice of words
- re: Did he deserve death?
- Did he deserve death?
- re: Let him correct you if you are wrong
- No, Bowser confessed to lying about serving. He has not served at all. (n/t)
- Bowser, being anonymous, can be anyone he wants to be.
- From the milblogs:
- re: My first reaction was that this is a murder...
- Combat stress
- If I am in a fire fight, and an enemy is pretending to be dead, I will make sure he is not faking it.
- re: If I am in a fire fight, and an enemy is pretending to be dead, I will make sure he is not faking it.
- The NBC reporter's story is falling apart.
- Go to Reuters, watch the video
- The excerpt they show, without the context.
- Go to Reuters, watch the video
- The NBC reporter's story is falling apart.
- Idea of the Week: from now on, all dead and wounded enemy are going to be checked first by embedded reporters. (n/t)
- re: If I am in a fire fight, and an enemy is pretending to be dead, I will make sure he is not faking it.
- Here is one for naive, reactionary, anti-Americans pretending to be patriots.
- They are just getting back what they are giving.
- Bet you thought you were going to turn blue holding your breath for the next American atrocity.