Yeah, I would prefer they were further away to make sure the soldiers were safe :)
Truth be told, 100 meters is really close. Tim -----Original Message----- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 2:32 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: opinions? sniping at weapons dealers Are they? That's what I am asking. I see your point, which was my second thought. Anyone selling arms is unlikely to go quietly and hell no we wont go might well translate to soldier casualties. Still troubles me to shot them from 100 yards away though. Dana > Not sure about this one. The soldiers were operating within their > rules of engagement. Besides those men who were shot had a serious > amount of ordinance. Are you willing to sacrifice whomever would try > to arrest the arms dealers in this case? You have to consider that > always. If I was a platoon commander there I'd be tempted to do the > same as the officer in charge. Consider my riflemen first rather > than a legalistic nicety in this case. > > The most I ever had to face in Cyprus was illegal gas and groceries > that people would smuggle across the green line. That and we did find > an old Lee-Enfield rifle (pre WW2 era) that someone was trying to get > across to the Turkish side. > > larry > > >Am trying to decide what I think of this. Seems like the thing to do would > >have been to arrest them but perhaps it was decided that hey there were > >weapons there and there was too much danger to soldiers....perhaps > >defensible as I guess Iraq is still under military law. > > > >I doubt it made us too many friends in that marketplace however, even > >assuming that none of those killed were innocent bystanders. > > > >I'd be interested in hearing from some of the ex-military here as to > >whether this is standard operating procedure. > > > >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36312-2003Aug8.html > > > >Dana > > > >But I don't make films > >But if I did they'd have a samurai - Bare Naked Ladies > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
