Thinking About … Poor Soldiering

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Thinking About … Poor Soldiering

  • Kelly

    When it comes to commentary on the war, I agree with Larry Flint.u00a0 On this matter in particular, I feel the person who should be court-martialed is the one with the camera.u00a0 Soldiers who are trained to kill cannot have any respect for those who die.u00a0 The one with the camera should have known better than to show the world what our soldiers do under such circumstances.u00a0 Some secrets are meant to be kept.u00a0 The soldiers did something very disrespectful and should have been disciplined by their superiors, but it should have never escaped our military for the public’s eye.u00a0 Allowing the world to see only sowed discord and discontent for the future.u00a0 It makes it easier for other nations to hate America when they see what we can do in a moment of moral weakness.u00a0 I doubt that their military is any better, but they do not see their own military doing it.u00a0 Therein lies the hatred for Americans.u00a0 Yes, this is a sad simplification, but it is truth ne’er the less.u00a0

  • Mscott

    u201cAs for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell.u201d

  • Bethie_d

    Considering what some Taliban did to some of our soldiers post-mortem, this is non-news.u00a0 And the fact that someone held onto this video and only released it at a time when we are trying to keep things calm in Iraq, is the deplorable part.n

  • Scum and Villainy

    Who cares what we do to Taliban filth?u00a0 Ask Nick Berg and Daniel Pearl what they think.u00a0

  • nwl

    Peeing on someone is always gross and wrong – dead or live recipient.u00a0

  • yankeepizzabaker

    Sorry folks, but this controversial subject does not warrant the hype it has been given.u00a0 Not by any form of the media.u00a0 We have had our soldiers beheaded, disembowled,u00a0and drug behind vehicles through streets. Our soldiers have beenu00a0tortured and then hung up in public……u00a0 We have had private citizens beheaded with the entire horrendousu00a0actu00a0beingu00a0videoed.u00a0 Others have beenu00a0imprisoned and even murdered for preaching their Christian beliefs.u00a0 I could have cared less ifu00a0our soldiersu00a0had doused those taliban terrorists in pigs blood and buried them in a common graveu00a0linedu00a0with dead pigs.u00a0 Don’t hand me that crap that we should be “above such a horrible act”…….it was urine you jerks…..URINE.u00a0 They were dead!!u00a0 Those soldiersu00a0are in combat with cretins who have NO respect for human life.u00a0 They value human life about as much as you do a can of flat beer.u00a0 Now, our Soldiers, those in particular, have been “Tried” by the court of “The National Media” and will end up paying dearly.u00a0The politicians have already waded in on this one.u00a0 It will become a poltical tool for their re-election purposes. u00a0To all of the “Libs” that may read this…..you know nothing about what our troops go through on a daily basis…….not even if you have “walked a mile in their shoes.”u00a0 I could go on, but hell……it is not worth getting my b/p up anymore than it already is.

  • yankeepizzabaker

    but beheading is not?

  • Anonymous

    By even pretending to be the cretins we are fighting we let them win. u00a0The greatestu00a0argumentu00a0against the USA is that we are devils. u00a0This is just proof for them, au00a0recruitingu00a0tool. u00a0If we act above it we are that much closer to winning. u00a0I understand the urge to be evil against those who are also evil. u00a0But that is not the way to win a war. u00a0It is too bad that many of the public and those in service don’t understand this.nBut this is not even the best reason tou00a0disciplineu00a0those who urinated. u00a0The best reason is that we are the United States of America, the best nation on the planet and we are allowed to mess inu00a0everybody’su00a0businessu00a0because we are perfect. u00a0Actions like those of theseu00a0soldiersu00a0just make us like all the other sad pathetic nations.

  • Anonymous

    I am notu00a0surprisedu00a0that this event happend. u00a0I am surprised that they let it be filmed. u00a0No, the camera man should not be punished for he was doing his job. u00a0The pissers should beu00a0disciplinedu00a0and courtu00a0marshaled, because they allowed it to be filmed. u00a0To punish the camera holder isu00a0againstu00a0the basic rights and freedoms that these soliders fight for. u00a0If we have learned anything from these two wars, it is that somebody is always watching and that taking rude pictures is worse than bombing au00a0villageu00a0of women and children.To those who say to the effect “the taliban do horrible things to our dead soldiers.” u00a0WE ARE NOT THE TALIBAN. u00a0WE ARE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. u00a0The best nation on this planet, and we should act like it. u00a0By sinking to their level we let them win. u00a0The only thing we should do to them post-mortem is treat the body with respect because we are better than any other nation or peoples.

  • Jaapc

    While we spend our time worrying about urine..our sworn enemies are plotting 24/7..our destruction..America needs to wake up…Iran must be stopped in thier quest for nuclear weapons and soon….We need to have a world war attitude towards our sworn enemies…nothing short of surrender will do,and that means being as cruel or more than them…”War is hell,and the more hell you make it ,the sooner it will end..”Lest we wake up some morning and find it to be too lat..

  • yankeepizzabaker

    I hate to differ……but their actions DO NOT WARRANT being Court Marshaled.u00a0 I don’t care if it made the news in North Korea.u00a0 If they are Court Marshaled, then the assholes at the “Wall Street Campout and Drug Fest” u00a0who deficated on our Flag, should have been snatched up, jailed,u00a0and prosecuted.u00a0 Jane Fonda should have been tried for treason.u00a0 Oh, but forgive me….they were just exercising their rights to express themselves……..the only thing you and I agree on is that we are a great Nation……..and this incident does not change that…….not yet…..but we have a poor example setting the pace in our White House……but I won’t get on that one one today.

  • Theguyrocks

    Unless you have been “there” (in that type ofu00a0environment and stress) you shouldn’t feel qualified to pass a moral judgement on the soldiers defending your lifestyle’s & Starbucks. Also, they run a serious risk of being killed by the offal they were pissing on. u00a0

  • Boomertank

    I am so sick of the week stomach that this country has come to have. What ever happend to “Speak softly and carry a big stick”? Why don’t we have a new teritory called Iraq? Why isn’t gas free? Why havn’t we bombed Iran into submission? I say line them all up so we all can PISS on them!!!!!!

  • yankeepizzabaker

    Thank you “theguyrocks.”u00a0 You and most of the othersu00a0today have the same feelings. Rational when rational is needed.

  • Anonymous

    This is why I didn’t have pics taken when I whizzed on one of the many Saddam portraits in Iraq.u00a0 Didn’t these grunts learn from the infamous Abu Ghraib photos?u00a0 Pissing on dead combatants?u00a0 While I personally find that distasteful, it is not enough to warrant a court martial.u00a0 Theu00a0 only wrongdoing was allowing it to be taped for the world to see and bringing embarrassment on the Marine Corps.

  • oodood

    The media should be paying close attention to what our military does. 1. that is why we want and need a free media 2. It is absurd to say that the media is harder on our soldiers than they are on the Taliban. We are the United states of America, a beacon to the World. We should be better and we need to be better. Pointing out our flaws isu00a0necessary to the process of maintaining our role in the world community.u00a0nnThose of you that pass it off because the Taliban hasu00a0mistreatedu00a0our men are falling into the trap of helping to create the world wide image of the ugly American through your ignorance. Be better than that and we can continue to hold our banner high.u00a0

  • oodood

    Who said it was OK? That type of response is childish. We can win wars the right way, the American way.u00a0

  • yankeepizzabaker

    The world wide image of the ugly American long preceeded this event.u00a0 The ugly American has been opined by the French prior to our involvement in Viet Nam.u00a0 How short the memories are of many Europeans.u00a0 How nasty and vile many of these people are.u00a0 There is some truth to the conservative bumper stickers I have seen out there…….AMERICA! Saving Europe’s Ass Since 1917.u00a0 I am NOT saying the we don’t NEED a free media…..what I am saying is that what we need is an OBJECTIVE media…..which we do not have.u00a0 Based upoon your idealistic and simplistic comments…..my guess is that you are not a Veteran, nor have you done much for maintaining the security of this Country.