No, I didn't mistake your words as a critique of all armed forces. I am saying that most American troops sound just as callous as those men. You judged him a prick because he sounded like the kind of guy who shoots because it makes him hard (which I doubt, maintaining an erection in that scenario is probably rather difficult).
I don't think it was 'obvious' that the guy was making the facts fit his desires. Once he believed that the men were insurgents, it was naturally his desire to shoot and kill him. If he had been speaking that way about a group of actual insurgents, people would think nothing of his words. Remember, he was acting on that belief. The words and actions that follow are based on that.
It's polite to allow the enemy to shoot first? Where I come from that's just plain stupid.
I don't think it was 'obvious' that the guy was making the facts fit his desires. Once he believed that the men were insurgents, it was naturally his desire to shoot and kill him. If he had been speaking that way about a group of actual insurgents, people would think nothing of his words. Remember, he was acting on that belief. The words and actions that follow are based on that.
It's polite to allow the enemy to shoot first? Where I come from that's just plain stupid.
