...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.
/ends miniature rant 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/ >
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