Quote Originally Posted by thehoodedsmack View Post
Nobody did.



No, the idea of "this is the way it is, and always will be" is what's sad and needless. Also:



Do you have any idea what you just said? To shed some light on what this appears as to an impartial (that's me, by the way) reader, you are suggesting that people should not use the incriminating evidence of military misconduct when judging the reliability of the military structure. Please reiterate or explain what you meant, if indeed I have misinterpreted your statement.



That video showcases the bureaucratic murder of civilians, who were of no threat to, may I say, an invading force, who were gunned down because the military supervisors saw fit to give absolute rights of judge, jury, and executioner to trigger-happy soldiers. And people are worried about Obama death-panels...
And suppose, instead of being two kids in that car, men popped out and blew those helicopters out of the sky? Wonder what you'd say about the deaths of those soldiers, probably good riddance, the war in Iraq is a sham anyway..?

Insurgents have already proven a multitude of times that they care not about the civilians they're trying to 'liberate,' often using them as shields to disrupt ROE for the US/Coalition.

I.E. War is hell, you expect bullets and death from every corner, especially in this campaign where there is no uniformed, regular enemy. I'm not going to try to make these soldier's feel bad about following orders and call the military incompetent. They'll already have to live with the blood of two children on their hands. It's just another notch in the horrors of war, and you can't ever rationalize it.