With current ROEs even armed and not presenting a threat I'd probably go to jail.
This was a big problem in Iraq where the right to have an AK is firm, and one that I support and was needed when you consider the killings and rapes and thefts that were and are going on all the time. RPGs, crew served weapons, explosives, implanting or setting off an IED, doing anything threatening at all, you're good to go, you always have the right of self defense. On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:03 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Unarmed, lack of threat or uniform? > > I'd have gone to prison for killing someone like that as a soldier. > > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> OK a bit more of a clarification then, people getting bombed, 3 miles >> behind the front line. They are not carrying side arms or rifles. One >> of them happens to be an American citizen serving with them. What is >> the difference? >> >> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:43 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > His dad made that clear, not the kid. I would have the same problem if >> > this were done through direct fire. The kid was targeted based on >> > "patterns" in a "profile" attack. Not evidence. >> > >> > There is no evidence that he himself had been active as a bad guy. The >> kid >> > didn't say he was at war with the States, and his Dad had already been >> dead >> > for 2 weeks. He was not armed on the battlefield, which to me is >> something >> > just and totally different. >> > >> > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com >> >wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> At the same time in all honesty what is the difference between taking >> >> the kid out with a missile and having a sniper do the same in a >> >> conflict zone? They had already made it clear they were at war with >> >> the United States, the US was just returning the favour. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 12:45 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > I'm pretty generally against the idea that the government can just >> whack >> >> > you without due process, can search you without a warrant, detain you >> >> > without a trial, and take your shit without a conviction. >> >> > >> >> > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> I saw a list of general accusations, with very few specifics. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:16 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:54 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson < >> jmi...@gmail.com> >> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > bat-shit crazy rantings >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > And there we have it. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Bat shit crazy rantings. You see a list of those abuses and you >> don't >> >> >> > rightly say, wow, things are messed up, we need to fix them. We >> need >> >> to >> >> >> > have a line in the sand and say this far and no more. Instead we >> say >> >> >> look >> >> >> > at the nut job, he doesn't fit our program, or pogrom as the case >> may >> >> be. >> >> >> > Let's marginalize him, and ignore him and lock him away and >> pretend >> >> that >> >> >> > his complaints have no validity. That the very foundations of our >> >> >> liberty >> >> >> > and our form of government are being altered and denied plays no >> part, >> >> >> > let's all stick our heads in the sand. >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Scott Stroz >> >> >> --------------- >> >> >> You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can >> >> wonder >> >> >> what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris >> >> >> >> >> >> http://xkcd.com/386/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:357468 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
