Lord 342 said:
Seems the British Military forces still run on Rum, Sodomy, and the lash.
(Just Kidding, no offense to any sane british soldiers)
Well, then, I partially take what I said back. But given that Blair is Bush's buddy...is the British Army starting to lose its honor as well? I hope that doesn't apply to the Navy, as I had a higher opinion of their customs and courtesies than I did in what remained of what the US Navy held cusomary.
There is a video of Americans getting rocks thrown at them and they just curse a lot and ask for permission to engage, which they don't get.
I can't take back the part where I'm irate about where rock-throwers have been shot and killed, even when determined to be just a nuisance. A year ago. Which seems to now be standard US policy, even back to when they were shooting kids at US colleges for protesting the last crap war that was using them and their friends.
Then there's actual murder findings.
On a more serious note, I was sickened by those who were an enlistment generation younger than me, duringthe Gulf War, treating the enemy and basically any Iraqi who got into their way as a target. Then treated it lightly, as if it were a game. In fact, read about what McVeigh's fellow troops described him as, and the atrocities he did while as a gunner, and this quote is taken from
this page.
In a book based on interviews before his execution, American Terrorist, McVeigh stated he decapitated an Iraqi soldier with cannon fire on his first day in the war, and celebrated. But he said he later was shocked to be ordered to execute surrendering prisoners, and to see carnage on the road leaving Kuwait City after U.S. troops routed the Iraqi army.
Yet now the Iraqi people have the "Freedom" to vote, but harassing soldiers, who are occupying your country to the point of causing national civil unrest, is clearly out. That says something else about this generation, too, Kharn. It's perfectly fine to occupy the country and brutalize the inhabitants, but as long as they can vote for one of their own citizens to become a puppet, all is supposed to be good and they are supposed to be happy.
I blame media saturation and "Meme of the Week" for dissolving people's ability to keep track of all the facts together over time.