Wikileaks Collateral Murder Video

[thehoodedsmack]

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..?

Don't try to estimate my emotional views on the subject. I haven't done so to you, it would be gracious of you to return the courtesy.

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.

Yes they have, of what importance is this? If you mean to say that the killings were justified because insurgents also do terrible things, that argument holds no water. If the military stoops to their level, their entire campaign is a hypocrisy, and the US becomes the same terrorists they went in to remove.

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.

Except they didn't follow orders, they asked permission, lined them up, and took the shot. It isn't right to paint them up as though their commanders were screaming down their necks. It was their call.