If there's already a thread about this I failed to find it.
What is it that causes someone to go nuts and do this... it's not the first time. Afghans are people too... not lower-caste types that are disposable just because they don't have wi-fi or any other of our ultra-modern conveniences. What gets me is that this one soldier was able to get away long enough to commit this atrocity. That their base commander isn't keeping a watchful eye upon his troops. Yeah, they're all adults (supposedly) and well trained fighting machines and bla bla bla but this kind of thing just pisses me off.
Winning the hearts and minds of the people... yeah right. Get their trust so they can come closer and we can blow them away.
Dammit I'm so pissed about this. Burning their holy books and murdering their people in the middle of the night. I thought we were fighting the enemy not becoming one.
If that soldier tries some b.s. about how they were secretly insurgents or Taliban supporters then he can kiss my ***. Small children are always and forever non-combatants.
http://news.yahoo.com/us-soldier-kills-16-afghans-deepening-crisis-164242200.html
Obama's response isn't harsh enough I think. It's an outrage and shameful
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/...ing-rampage-afghanistan-tragic-190511568.html
All the more reason to pull out. If the Taliban has been weakened as much as they say then fine...
This won't do us any good if we keep trying to build up a reputation that we're supposed to be helping people against their oppressors, then turn around and one (or more) of our own starts killing them. How the hell are they going to trust us in the future? How is ANY other country going to trust us when stories like these keep cropping up.
Sadly they overshadow any heart-warming altruistic stories that have come out of that area. It's barbaric and savagery and it's not the FIRST TIME!
:soapbox:
What is it that causes someone to go nuts and do this... it's not the first time. Afghans are people too... not lower-caste types that are disposable just because they don't have wi-fi or any other of our ultra-modern conveniences. What gets me is that this one soldier was able to get away long enough to commit this atrocity. That their base commander isn't keeping a watchful eye upon his troops. Yeah, they're all adults (supposedly) and well trained fighting machines and bla bla bla but this kind of thing just pisses me off.
Winning the hearts and minds of the people... yeah right. Get their trust so they can come closer and we can blow them away.
Dammit I'm so pissed about this. Burning their holy books and murdering their people in the middle of the night. I thought we were fighting the enemy not becoming one.
If that soldier tries some b.s. about how they were secretly insurgents or Taliban supporters then he can kiss my ***. Small children are always and forever non-combatants.
http://news.yahoo.com/us-soldier-kills-16-afghans-deepening-crisis-164242200.html
Obama's response isn't harsh enough I think. It's an outrage and shameful
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/...ing-rampage-afghanistan-tragic-190511568.html
All the more reason to pull out. If the Taliban has been weakened as much as they say then fine...
This won't do us any good if we keep trying to build up a reputation that we're supposed to be helping people against their oppressors, then turn around and one (or more) of our own starts killing them. How the hell are they going to trust us in the future? How is ANY other country going to trust us when stories like these keep cropping up.
Sadly they overshadow any heart-warming altruistic stories that have come out of that area. It's barbaric and savagery and it's not the FIRST TIME!
:soapbox: