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Mistake? Maybe. Hanging around with other armed people, possibly insurgents, to get a story is bound to be dangerous. That was a good shoot. Notice that the helicopter kept moving the entire time. Why? RPG's, anti aircraft missiles, and small arms fire. They were obviously in a potentially "hot" situation. Hind sight is always 20/20. Did you know that Navy Seals were brought up on charges because a terrorist, Ahmed Hashim Abed, claimed they punched him when capturing him? Thankfully, they beat the charges and Abed walked away (ok, into custody) with a bloody lip. Now, compare a country bringing soldiers up on charges for maybe punching a terrorist against...oh...I dunno...beheading someone on camera. Who are the bad guys again? Sorry, I am tired of the "warmongering, hateful, murderous Americans" stuff. If the US wanted to kill civilians, there would be few left at this point. Mistakes happen. Individuals may commit crimes. But the US military goes out of its' way to minimize collateral damage, often putting its' own troops in harm's way to do so. Splitter Last edited by Splitter; 12-08-2010 at 08:27 PM. |
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Stalin had 22.000 Polish officers murdered one night in a forest - that would make a great commander too I guess? Both were f'ing bastards, and the move itself is actually incredible stupid. Last edited by swiss; 12-08-2010 at 10:37 PM. |
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Read this and the case it settled. Humanity may have come a long way, but self-preservation of body and conscience is still our prime motive in life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment |
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I wasn't talking about humanity.
If you conquer land you probably intend to keep and exploit it. Manpower helps a lot, I guess... BTW: Most of the armies that time weren't exactly freedom fighters, you should fear your personal slave way more than a defeated army composed of mercenaries. |
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This thread has gone offtopic yet gain
Some more PTO footage ... |
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And that's why the Germans called the Shermans "Tommy Cookers" and the Allies referred to them as "Ronsons" because they lit the first time, every time. Scary.
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They would be much better off if we built them schools and hospitals....oh wait.... Splitter |
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Also the main guy that climbed the statue embarrassed the US a few years later by saying he regretted it and the US occupation was actually worse than Saddam. You need to pick better examples |
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