Keep in mind these are isolated incidents and should not be construed as "this is the mindset of all service members over there". The military does a pretty good job of weeding out malcontents and mentally unstable folks, but some do slip through the cracks, and unfortunately places like Iraq and Afganistan brings out that behavior. When I was there in '05 we had a supply sergeant set off a claymore mine and then lobbed three grenades into the room of his commander in the palace they were living in, killing the commander and a LT who was only five days in country. This becuase he was being investigated for blackmarketing in Iraq. It is unfortunate that innocent folks have to die because of these vermine and I think that the military should do a better job of making sure men and women are mentally stable for doing the job. I mean, the Navy has one hell of a procedure for screening potential submariners. One guy in my unit was in the Navy and was a sub crewman, and he said that they have about a 70+% failure rate on potential submariners. Why not use something similar for new recruits?
On 1/11/07, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >If he means it, and we get away from this PC war shit, and change the ROE > >and stop charging Soldiers and Marines with crimes for doing their jobs > >there might be a chance. > > You mean like crimes of rape and murder? > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/09/AR2007010900953.html?sub=AR > > or like murdering a bystander and claiming he was preparing a roadside > bomb when the victim was cowering inside his house. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/09/AR2007010900953.html?sub=AR > > There's a reason why scum like that get charged with crimes. They were not > soldiers but vermin. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224391 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
