Oh Please!. Ill agree that hate for your enemy is understandable but ffs, enemy or not these are real people, soldiers like themselves.
Im not talking about terrorists or Suicide Bombers or whatever. During the war on Iraq the troops we were attacking werent Terrorists as the Propaganda pushers wanted us to beleive, they were Soldiers. The regular Iraqi army, the one were working alongside now. Theyre leader may have been an evil son'bitch but at the end of the day they were just Soldiers following orders just like our own troops. Being a muslim, wearing a turban or having a beard does not make you a terrorist, they were just Iraqi soldiers doing their job. And now the refusal to withdraw which i fully beleive isnt a need to 'see actions through' more a good staging ground to move into Iran. There is no need for Military presence in Iraq anymore. We have our man, now leave them to it. The only reason these men are risking their lives everyday is because the Locals dont want them there and Bush wont pull them out!.
The way the soldiers in the clip i saw were acting reminded me of school bullies kicking a wounded dog.
How can you call any Soldier a hero? Yes i agree they put their lives on the line, they have a dangerous job but thats what it is. A Job. The way you say it anyone who signs up to the army is a hero. Why? Becasue he fired a gun? Because he shot an unarmed man? I know people that have signed up for the British armed forces, and you know why they signed up.
Its good pay and i only have to stay 5 years, then i drop out and find a normal job.
Its not like were going to go to war anytime soon
Im well aware there will be men like this in the British Army, dont get me wrong im not attacking the US only, its just the US that gave the example. These men i would not call heroes.
Are the Dozen or so British Soldiers killed by US friendly fire heroes? The ones that didnt get to see any actual combat time? What were there heroic actions? Improving the US aim?
Look im not meaning to rant. Im not attacking the US Military ok so before all the patriots arrive to flame me (oh our boys are heroes we always bail you out BS) I will say i respect the skill of the majority of your armed forces (Ours are better though ) however the actions of these idiotic individuals was just downright irresponsible. Especially the 'lets do that again' part which basically translates to 'lets go find another injured guy with no way of defending himself and take potshots untill one of us manages to kill him'. And i have no doubt that its the idiots that act like this are in the military so they can shoot, and kill and do it legally.
I also use the term 'injured guy' loosely as the word 'fairground target' would have been more apt.