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Photos show U.S. GIs posing with dead Afghans[W:1146]

did you even read the OP?.... this topic isn't about desecrating corpses.. it's about taking pictures of dead afghans.

maybe you should be more like me and get on topic?

I think the Military will find that parading around with human body parts is desecration of corpses, in addition to any charges associated with photographing them.
 
Did I say that? No? Didn't think so.

Obviously, you totally missed the point...but...that comes as no surprise.

Let's have some more history lessons.

This is the grape of a Japanese soldier, hung in a tree by American troops.

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Here are two Marines, "stewing", skulls. i.e. boiling the flesh off the skull.

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WW 2 is a perfect example, because it's the last, "clean", war that we fought...according to the Libbos.


What is your point, that we should have no higher moral ground than our enemies? Is that what you think the military code is?
 
What is your point, that we should have no higher moral ground than our enemies? Is that what you think the military code is?

Tell us what first-hand experience you have about the military. Thanks in advance.
 
There is a distinction between documenting war and desecrating corpses.

The "corpses" desecrated themselves by premature detonation. All the soldiers are actually guilty of is gathering up the pieces and having a picture taken with them.

Seriously, it's one thing to hate the wars... I sure as hell hate the wars, and have been ardently against them since the beginning... and quite another to hate the soldiers. Some people seem to think if the former applies, the latter must also apply. That makes me sad.

These are basically kids, who have lived through things that nobody should have to live through. And people here want to ruin their lives because they did what every soldier of ever war fought since cameras were invented has done. When I was in high school, one of my teachers showed us pictures he took in the Korean war. Pictures of American soldiers with enemy corpses.

Being against the wars doesn't mean being against those who are tasked with fighting the wars, and suffering all that comes with that. I'm actually pretty sad about what I'm reading here, the complete lack of understanding of what these young men have gone through, all of their pain, their trauma, everything they've endured all swept away because of a picture. Ruin them for life? Really?

That's really... words escape me. :(
 
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The good ole days??? Is that what you are trying to say? And still I don't see anyone pissing on corpses or parading around with body parts, do you?

Sounds like you are projecting.
 
What is your point, that we should have no higher moral ground than our enemies? Is that what you think the military code is?

My point is, moral high ground don't mean **** on the battlefield.

You should be licking these guy's asses, because if not for them, your ass might be out there on that battlefield.
 
The "corpses" desecrated themselves by premature detonation. All the soldiers are actually guilty of is gathering up the pieces and having a picture taken with them.

Seriously, it's one thing to hate the wars... I sure as hell hate the wars, and have been ardently against them since the beginning... and quite another to hate the soldiers. Some people seem to think if the former applies, the latter must also apply. That makes me sad.

These are basically kids, who have lived through things that nobody should have to live through. And people here want to ruin their lives because they did what every soldier of ever war fought since cameras were invented has done. When I was in high school, one of my teachers showed us pictures he took in the Korean war. Pictures of American soldiers with enemy corposes.

Libbos hate anyone associated with the military. They wait, breathlessly for these moments when they can express that hate and still look cool.
 
these soldiers have no sense of honor or decency.

You did a better job when you were in the service? oh, wait...you weren't in the service...were you?
 
these soldiers have no sense of honor or decency.


You do not get to judge the actions of men in combat unless you are there, standing right next to them and have been the whole way
 
You do not get to judge the actions of men in combat unless you are there, standing right next to them and have been the whole way

bull****. I'm an American citizen & a taxpayer, and its my right to condemn our soldiers when they engage in reprehensible conduct.

or would you prefer we simply lend a blind eye to violations of international law and the military code of conduct?

maybe we shouldn't arrest soldiers and put them on trial when they kill civilians too?
 
Holy crap! It just dawned me! All the soldiers involved in these type of fuaxpa have been white.

Would the handwringers be as anxious to condemn them were they black? (I say black, because we've recently been informed that Latinos are actually white--see my sig!)
 
bull****. I'm an American citizen & a taxpayer, and its my right to condemn our soldiers when they engage in reprehensible conduct.

or would you prefer we simply lend a blind eye to violations of international law and the military code of conduct?

maybe we shouldn't arrest soldiers and put them on trial when they kill civilians too?

Only if those soldiers are white. Huh?
 
Holy crap! It just dawned me! All the soldiers involved in these type of fuaxpa have been white.

Would the handwringers be as anxious to condemn them were they black? (I say black, because we've recently been informed that Latinos are actually white--see my sig!)

Only if those soldiers are white. Huh?

how's that race-baiting working out for ya?
 
You do not get to judge the actions of men in combat unless you are there, standing right next to them and have been the whole way
That's quite a statement, thankfully we don't apply that same logic to the other functions in our society.
 
...Would the handwringers be as anxious to condemn them were they black? (I say black, because we've recently been informed that Latinos are actually white--see my sig!)

that is a lie about my statement. I never said all Hispanics are white, but tens of millions of them are.
 
bull****. I'm an American citizen & a taxpayer, and its my right to condemn our soldiers when they engage in reprehensible conduct.

or would you prefer we simply lend a blind eye to violations of international law and the military code of conduct?

maybe we shouldn't arrest soldiers and put them on trial when they kill civilians too?

Unless you've seen combat, you don't get to bitch, judge or anything else.​
 
Unless you've seen combat, you don't get to bitch, judge or anything else.​

sorry, but my taxdollars pay for these folks. so just as I get to commend their bravery & courage, I also get to condemn them when they **** up.

or would you prefer we lend a blind eye to violations of common decency?

maybe we shouldn't put soldiers on trial when they kill civilians?
 
that is a lie about my statement. I never said all Hispanics are white, but tens of millions of them are.

Actually, you said Latino is not a race.

I rest my case.
 
sorry, but my taxdollars pay for these folks. so just as I get to commend their bravery & courage, I also get to condemn them when they **** up.

or would you prefer we lend a blind eye to violations of common decency?

maybe we shouldn't put soldiers on trial when they kill civilians?

The military will investigate and judge if necessary - not you.
 
sorry, but my taxdollars pay for these folks. so just as I get to commend their bravery & courage, I also get to condemn them when they **** up.

or would you prefer we lend a blind eye to violations of common decency?

maybe we shouldn't put soldiers on trial when they kill civilians?

Criticizing them, without having been there and done that is a violation of common decency.

They allow you to sleep easy at night and shuck your own reponsibility to serve your country...you've gotten your money's worth.
 
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