However it went down you can't blame the special forces....Must be hellish circumstances.
Needs shopping though ;)
(Needs shopping though ;)
Hitler's Barber Soylent Green is high in saturated fat,
Tue 12 Oct 2010, 23:02,
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Hmmm... US marines have a lot of form.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Haditha
Very powerful film; the rules of engagement they work to allows very little discretion. If a room / building needs clearing, it gets cleared. To the max.
(Very powerful film; the rules of engagement they work to allows very little discretion. If a room / building needs clearing, it gets cleared. To the max.
da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>,
Tue 12 Oct 2010, 23:15,
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Yes you can.Why in god's name were they throwing fragmentation grenades when they knew there was a civilian hostage in the combat zone? Why not use stun grenades or flashbangs, then enter and neutralise any hostiles with firearms instead? Why not a stealth approach instead of a frontal assault? Why not let the local Mullahs talk down the hostage takers instead of using a risky military assault?
This trigger-happy, gung-ho, zero-thought attitude that the US breeds in its soldiers is the reason just about every other military in the world doesn't want to be within 500 miles of them (allied or not), and it's what killed Linda Norgrove.
Edit: Redundant apostrophe removed.
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Tue 12 Oct 2010, 23:27,
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This trigger-happy, gung-ho, zero-thought attitude that the US breeds in its soldiers is the reason just about every other military in the world doesn't want to be within 500 miles of them (allied or not), and it's what killed Linda Norgrove.
Edit: Redundant apostrophe removed.
You've inserted a redundant apostrophe in that last sentence.I imagine it was something similar that was responsible for this whole sorry episode.
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mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ,
Wed 13 Oct 2010, 0:12,
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