Collateral Murder

[KingFate]

makingmusic476 said:

KingFate said:

hobbit said:

KingFate said:

hobbit said:

KingFate said:
Horrific things like this makes my blood boil. These men should be discharged and put in prison. They have no respect for life. They should suffer for they have done.

you don't like seeing the enemy killed?

A bunch of men with filming equipment are NOT my enemy. A man who attacks us is. Those men had done NOTHING to deserve that. Violence is the last resort, always.

U.S. solders were fired upon. Your gonna take the side that no weapons were present without seeing the full story?

Did you watch the same video?

Only one person had a camera. In the video it was clearly mentioned that 5-6 individuals had AKs and at least one inidividual had an RPG, and you could make out quite a few of the weapons despite the blurry feed.  And as hobbit said, the reason the Apache was called in in the first place is because US troops were fired upon.

OT:  I have little issue with the initial engagement, but I could only think "wtf??" when they fired upon the van, despite all dangerous subjects having already been incapacitated.

I have to wonder why the journalists thought it was a good idea to run around with that crowd, though.

@bolded: The same could be said about any journalist following US troops who die.

The action is a horrific thing, but I understand the horrors of war. I am disgusted that they fired at the van, and wounded men, he was EGGING on the guy crawling on the ground to do somethiing. He wanted to kill the man. The disrespect of the dead was also a disgusting thing.