Right, and none of us were there so we don't know what happened. As I understand it, there is going to be a full investigation.
Also, even though the banter from soldiers may seem shocking, it can be construed as a defense or sanity mechanism. These guys are under tremendous pressure and have seen a lot of horrible things and the human psyche sometimes deals with these things by making statements like the one attributed to that soldier. War is hell. --- On Tuesday, November 16, 2004 6:40 PM, Gruss Gott scribed: --- > >> Angel wrote: >> So..what do you all think. >> I see no defence for what was shown. > > The defense is, it's f'ing war! Kill or be killed. > > The easist way to avoid being killed by an American soldier is not to > shoot at them. This soldier has enemy all around that want to kill > him and booby traps all over. If he waits to assess every situation > he's dead. > > In peace you get the benefit of doubt, in war you don't. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136425 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
