Marine Shoots and Kills Wounded Iraqi Prisoner
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Originally Posted by FUNKED1
So you don't think executing an unarmed, severely wounded prisoner on TV was a mistake?
I think it's asinine that you and SilverScoober02 think his actions should have been determined by the presence of a camera crew in a hot war zone!
Which does not belong?
a)apple
b)banana
c)orange
d)pear
e) The unarmed, biased, bloodsucking reporter/cameraman to capture footage for everyone to armchair quarterback in the safety of everyone's home? Meanwhile, I still don't know the identity of those dead westerners they found in the streets during Fallujah's occupation!
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Originally Posted by Salty
This quote has to be one of the funniest thing i've ever read in this forum.
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Here's a better one for you!
Which does not belong?
a) Professor
b) students
c) more students
d) Clown juggling pineapples
Grunts are trained to kill. Period. They aren't there to hold hands and be passive when their lives may be in danger in a hot zone. Sometimes the cards aren't in their favor regarding ROE and it sucks. Given the circumstances, I would have put a controlled pair into that man's head without thinking twice. That's the job they've been trained to do just as the professor's job is to teach. You may not agree with his teaching curriculum but you certainly won't know about it due to the fact CNN isn't in class.
Which does not belong?
a) Professor
b) students
c) more students
d) Clown juggling pineapples
Grunts are trained to kill. Period. They aren't there to hold hands and be passive when their lives may be in danger in a hot zone. Sometimes the cards aren't in their favor regarding ROE and it sucks. Given the circumstances, I would have put a controlled pair into that man's head without thinking twice. That's the job they've been trained to do just as the professor's job is to teach. You may not agree with his teaching curriculum but you certainly won't know about it due to the fact CNN isn't in class.
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Originally Posted by Salty
Here's a better one for you!
Which does not belong?
a) Professor
b) students
c) more students
d) Clown juggling pineapples
Grunts are trained to kill. Period. They aren't there to hold hands and be passive when their lives may be in danger in a hot zone. Sometimes the cards aren't in their favor regarding ROE and it sucks. Given the circumstances, I would have put a controlled pair into that man's head without thinking twice. That's the job they've been trained to do just as the professor's job is to teach. You may not agree with his teaching curriculum but you certainly won't know about it due to the fact CNN isn't in class.
Which does not belong?
a) Professor
b) students
c) more students
d) Clown juggling pineapples
Grunts are trained to kill. Period. They aren't there to hold hands and be passive when their lives may be in danger in a hot zone. Sometimes the cards aren't in their favor regarding ROE and it sucks. Given the circumstances, I would have put a controlled pair into that man's head without thinking twice. That's the job they've been trained to do just as the professor's job is to teach. You may not agree with his teaching curriculum but you certainly won't know about it due to the fact CNN isn't in class.
Besides, you are just illustrating my point that embedded reporters really don't belong and if they weren't there then we wouldn't even be talking about this crap. I don't think his actions should be any different if there is/isn't a reporter along for the ride but there was in this instance and to anyone who hasn't expirienced combat then it looks like killing execution style. The insurgent didn't look like he posed any sort of threat to the untrained eye. I don't know what went on there so I won't pass judgement. But I wouldn't be suprised if the Marine gets in trouble. Right or Wrong as that may be, I can see them making an example of him.
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Originally Posted by SilverScoober02
I don't think his actions should be any different if there is/isn't a reporter along for the ride but there was in this instance and to anyone who hasn't expirienced combat then it looks like killing execution style.
This is EXACTLY why media in combat is a bad idea and how these types of stories can generate negative repercussions.
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Originally Posted by Salty
BINGO!
This is EXACTLY why media in combat is a bad idea and how these types of stories can generate negative repercussions.
This is EXACTLY why media in combat is a bad idea and how these types of stories can generate negative repercussions.
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Originally Posted by HellaDumb
Heck, Kerry could have eeked a couple purple hearts out of the incident.
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Originally Posted by SilverScoober02
Give it a rest Hella. That adds nothing to the conversation.
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Originally Posted by HellaDumb
I beg to differ. It adds a little perspective.
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Ugh... these shameless red herrings have to stop. Hella, you take a perfectly good discussion (with some hilarious examples by Sgt. Salty) and **** on it to mark it as your own.
Start a new thread for this fodder
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This petition is on fire...
I signed it, then viewed my signature 10 seconds later to find an additional 100 signatures!
http://www.petitiononline.com/as123/petition.html
I signed it, then viewed my signature 10 seconds later to find an additional 100 signatures!
http://www.petitiononline.com/as123/petition.html
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Read through that... very interesting.
But since when are insurgents labelled as terrorists? I understand the logic behind that passage, but abandoning all rules of combat because we are fighting "terrorists" is a slippery slope.
Still, I agree with 99% of that letter
But since when are insurgents labelled as terrorists? I understand the logic behind that passage, but abandoning all rules of combat because we are fighting "terrorists" is a slippery slope.
Still, I agree with 99% of that letter
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