Im sorry i had to get this off my chest. Been looking at random things on the Internet and came across a site with Video clips from the War in Iraq. Ill send people the link if they want but i wont for now incase its advertising.
The last person i showed this too had previously always brought up the 'Im happy to live in a country with a Military force i can be proud of' argument. He does live in America and when i showed him this clip his opinion quickly changed.
I dont want to turn this political but ive seen a video, whether it was aired on tv im not sure where there was an Injured Iraqi 'soldier' (no armour just an AK by his side) lying on the floor screaming injured. It took the US troops about 50 yards away 4 shots to kill him. The previous 3 were nowhere near. Now im no military tactician, so whether a man 'neutralised' but injured still classes as a target for a kill im not sure however im pretty sure hearing a bunch of trigger happy yanks (sorry i mean respected soldiers) whooping and cheering with remarks of 'yeah got im' and 'lets find another and do that again' is something to be proud of.
The next video reffered to what Music the US forces liked to be played over their Intercom system while in a conflict situation.
Im not trying to make a general slur, i have US friends and i know your not all violent gun-toting mindless fools (i dont even include TMM in that bracket), and im not trying to say the UK army is any better (we have things to be ashamed of during this war too) but i find the whole attitude towards the US military force cocky and arrogant, especially when they did all this in front of TV cameras.
Im not saying the entire armed forces are like this either. But having these Primates reprisenting your country, and then having another Chimp leading them saying 'we are doing out part in Iraq'.....can you possibly agree with them?
Any thoughts?