On 07/29/2010 01:07 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Leland Jackson<[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 07/29/2010 11:25 AM, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Nicholas Geti<[email protected]> >>> >>> > >> I regret that this video is on the internet, as are so many others like >> it. It has made the American Soldier the new iconic poster representing >> arrogance, curtly, torture, murder, unprovoked aggression, and all the >> other horror connotations previous associated with the Nazi soldier. >> > ----------------- > > I thought it was boys with toys. > > Had there been no journalist and they were all holding AK-47 was a good shoot? > >
The tragedy is we will never know whether those killed in this incident were terrorist, enemy combatants, sympathiser, or just ordinary folks visiting in the streets of their city in broad daylight. Using conventional warfare in a setting that is anything other than conventional combat is messy. There are no military uniforms associating the players with one side or another, or to a particular unit or outfit. The terrorists hide in the shadows or conceal themselves in plan sight, hidden as member of the general population. In order to know whether a target is valid requires information, investigation, collaboration, etc more suited to the skills of police and law enforcement, not the military. The methods used during the US occupation of Iraq were unsound in my opinion. At least we have a President today in Barack Obama, that has put America back on track. Hopefully he will bring the insanity going on in Afganistan to a end, and he is much less tolerant of collateral damage in the conflicts taking place in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Regards, LelandJ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
