On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 7:26 AM, Darren Martyn <[email protected]> wrote: > ...And what, exactly, gave the US the right to be there in the first place? > Non existant WMD? Human rights? The US has to stop seeing themselves as > international police. The US can't police itself; and it has no business trying to police others. The UN Security Council is a joke - it should have stopped the US a long time ago (an impossibility under its current structure).
Jeff > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Mike Hale <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Obviously not. >> >> Again. They looked like they had weapons. The pilots weren't >> wondering...they were sure they saw weapons. >> >> They then engaged what appeared to be a clear threat to other US >> forces nearby. >> >> The pilots acted exactly as they should have, given the information >> presented to them. This was a war zone, not a country club. >> >> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 2:19 AM, Mike Hale <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> Except that they weren't obviously unarmed. >> >> >> >> Not only where they not obviously unarmed, they appeared to be armed. >> >> >> >> Look at the 4 minute mark. >> >> >> >> That sure as shit looks like an RPG. >> >> >> >> The crew thought the group was armed. Ergo, they were cleared to >> >> engage. >> >> >> >> This wasn't a war crime...and the allegation that it was just makes >> >> people look ridiculous. >> > Listen to yourself: we weren't sure if they were armed, so we killed >> > them. Put yourself and your family in the shoes of the dead folks. Its >> > not a comfortable place to be, is it? >> > >> > Jeff >> > >> >> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:05 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:44:44 PDT, Mike Hale said: >> >>>> Seriously! Think about the injustice of having American helicopters >> >>>> engage armed individuals shadowing American soldiers. >> >>> >> >>> Shooting at "armed individuals" is one thing. If it's "civilians and >> >>> Reuters >> >>> employees" who *aren't* obviously armed, it's something else. >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. >> Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html >> Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
