05-05-2004, 06:05 AM
Artega,
I decided to take some time to think about this first, and not rush in yesterday evening and reply something imprudent. Today, nothing has changed. I'm shocked to read such lines.
I don't like to do it, but I'm going to adduce WWII. It is (within certain limits) very important 'how you go about doing it'. You know, with your point of view, the US could simply drop, say, 3 nuclear bombs on Iraq and they would 'win'.
This, and your next statement:
While I did serve in the army, and killing enemy soldiers is part of the battle, killing injured soldiers is rather part of the torture.
That's why I deprecate the deeds shown in the video.
The only thing one can say in favor of these guys, IMHO, is that these Iraqis didn't seem to be wounded too much from what can be told of the video. Had they been seriously injured, the wages of protest would have gone way higher.
Ruminative greetings, Fragbait
I decided to take some time to think about this first, and not rush in yesterday evening and reply something imprudent. Today, nothing has changed. I'm shocked to read such lines.
Quote: The only rule of combat is to be the winner. How you go about doing it isn't important.
I don't like to do it, but I'm going to adduce WWII. It is (within certain limits) very important 'how you go about doing it'. You know, with your point of view, the US could simply drop, say, 3 nuclear bombs on Iraq and they would 'win'.
This, and your next statement:
Quote:The so-called "war crimes" were established by moralists who believed that people following their orders should be punished.make me very sad. I know that there have been brutal wars all over history, but I was thinking that we were living in the 21st century, not in medieval times. A certain humanity cannot be dispersed from the culturally high developed mankind that we like to regard ourselves as.
While I did serve in the army, and killing enemy soldiers is part of the battle, killing injured soldiers is rather part of the torture.
That's why I deprecate the deeds shown in the video.
The only thing one can say in favor of these guys, IMHO, is that these Iraqis didn't seem to be wounded too much from what can be told of the video. Had they been seriously injured, the wages of protest would have gone way higher.
Ruminative greetings, Fragbait
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