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Originally Posted by RIJIMMY
you never cease to amaze me.
OBL was shot in cold blood, unarmed.
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I believe that was the mission and something I don't have an issue with. The point was that we didn't parade his head around on a stake afterwords.
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"in the heat of battle someone might kill out of rage or hatred" - really? you think they KILL out of sense of duty? Orders?
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I think that's pretty obvious don't you?
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Im gotta drop from this thread because I have a lot of emotion on military topics but I'll leave you with this to chew on spence. please read carefully - you never seem to much of a history guy so this may be shocking to you, but its 100% true
The 101st airborne has been recognized over and over for their heroics in WWII and especially d-day. They were immortalized further by the Band of Brothers movies and book. I've read additonal books written by some of the guys from Band of B. I attending a forum with these guys and heard their stories in person. It may be news to you but they shot, in cold blood, EVERY SS solider that surrendered to them. Everyone. never took an SS prisoner.. that was a war crime. that was wrong. But you know what, who cares? these guys are heroes and most men could never do what they did. I dont believe they are above the law, but the law changes when you see and do what they do every day. the same goes for those guys in afghanistan. Spence - you wouldnt have the balls to look those guys in the eye and condemn them. They've gone through more hell in a minute than you will in your life. To me, pissing on dead guys is equivalent to vandalism. its no big deal.
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This situation is a lot different than in WW2. You could also think that the taking of prisoners in that situation could be a tactical mistake.
Here the action has no real merit, but it's also potentially destructive considering the context.
I've never been quick to condemn the actions of our troops, and frankly believe they deserve a lot of leeway. Most likely these guys are good Marines who just did something stupid, especially by letting themselves be recorded on camera doing it.
An "anything goes" mentality isn't in the interest of our country or our troops.
-spence