RE: War Crimes
April 8, 2010 at 8:40 am
(This post was last modified: April 8, 2010 at 8:54 am by Shell B.)
(April 8, 2010 at 6:44 am)RedFish Wrote: ''Also, you would kill them too, if your comrades were on the ground and you were charged with taking out men that could potentially kill them.'' You have no idea what I would do. They were not 'charged with' anything. They made the circumstances suit their desires.
We'll have to agree to differ. I stand by my first analysis of the video. As Ace says..''Too trigger happy.''
Many more instances can be found of the same kind of gung-ho bullshit. No wonder the US makes so many enemies, is all I can say.
You're right, I don't have any idea what you would do. I shouldn't have stupidly assumed that if you were in the military, you would follow orders.
Yes, they were 'charged with' protecting the men on the ground. Why the hell else do you think they were there? I get the sense that you are completely misunderstanding military protocol.
I do agree that I differ with you. I would never make such a vague generalization. No wonder the US makes so so many enemies? Wow. Just make a false assumption about a video and then go on to label all US soldiers because of 'gung-ho' bullshit that you see on the internet, coupled with the poster's agenda, ahem, I mean opinion. I'm glad they're gung-ho. Better than pissing their pants and running away, or worse, waiting until their enemy shoots them and hoping they're still alive to return fire.