And all of that I'm ok with. I know it's a U.S. based forum. And I'm not looking to paint all U.S. forces with the same brush. But what we have here is IMO a massive failure on a mission that's intent was, according to the media, to protect Iraqi civilians. We've got troops that knew what the ROE was, which is why they lied very specifically to get permission to fire.
Here's the thing. The U.S. media hardly ever shows this kind of stuff. The U.S. public for the most part can ignore the atrocities of this war. It's never really shoved in their faces. However Iraqi's are seeing this stuff every single day. These types of instances are what galvanizes a people against the U.S. And for the general public to just ignore it only compounds the problem. People need to watch this stuff to realize what consequences arise from sitting in an arm chair supporting a war effort. War is a dreadful business and the U.S. media just ignores it because it's not pleasant and it's not entertainment. On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > Cf-community is probably 99% American active members. > > so the feedback and discussions that you see here has a very American > slant. > > You want to find out what perhaps a cross section of Americans think > about a situation or an issue, post to CF-Community. > > If you go to a more international forum, the response is varied. > However you will still get the point of view that the soldiers were > correct in what they did, Although the general stated that the rules > of engagement were broken. > Notice that the announcer had to go all the way through and ask > specific questions to get that admission. > > On 6 April 2010 10:02, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > At 9:45 Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer gives his opinion that the rules of > engagement > > were violated both times the group was engaged. I find that interesting. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315146 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
