Had other terrorists feigned death to the detriment of our soldiers?
Yes they had. Our soldiers are completely justified to respond accordingly on the side of their own safety.
To pretend other wise is delusional.
If his instinct told him this enemy could do the same thing, he should have done exactly what he did.
I would have done the same thing, and if you were there, you would have too.
People, in my experience, do flop around and bleed a lot when shot.
Blood spatters from wounds.
That is not proof of crime.
As I said before, the reporter's story is not holding up.
The fact of the fire fight in the mosque during the time leading up to the is left out of the video.
The fact of our soldiers facing an enemy that boobytraps themselves and wound or kill our troops when approached is not in the video.
Relying only on this video is not a very effective way to assess this incident.
Ed
Current Events » in reply to Ed, The person was laying still and unsresponsive, the person was shot at point blank range and flopped around, As the camera panned around, a bloody-splatter can be seen on the wall
If the soldier on the scene had reason to beleive that the terrorist onthe ground could pose a threat, he did exactly the right thing.
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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.
