Hopefully someone in high places, figures out who these two clowns are and takes care of them. Something like a couple of years behind bars and then a dishonorable discharge.
Don't get all bent out of shape because of one youtube video. While it was dumb and in poor taste, it wasn't a war crime. I have been in several poor countries and the locals are always looking for a handout and 99.9% of the time ALL the military goes out of their way to give away food, water, medicine, goodies and such. Kids also like to play, chase vehicles and mess around. I doubt they were needing water to live just one more day. It's a treat to get a bottle of water or soda from an American GI, just like getting a snickers or some gum.
bigmo66 wrote:Don't get all bent out of shape because of one youtube video. While it was dumb and in poor taste, it wasn't a war crime. I have been in several poor countries and the locals are always looking for a handout and 99.9% of the time ALL the military goes out of their way to give away food, water, medicine, goodies and such. Kids also like to play, chase vehicles and mess around. I doubt they were needing water to live just one more day. It's a treat to get a bottle of water or soda from an American GI, just like getting a snickers or some gum.
Raped? Dishonorable discharge? Good Lord.
Oh dont get me wrong, Im not saying being raped, dishonorable discharge, etc is appropriate, but those guys should know better than to atleast post that on the internet. Just gives them a bad name.
Loonatic wrote:Oh dont get me wrong, Im not saying being raped, dishonorable discharge, etc is appropriate, but those guys should know better than to atleast post that on the internet. Just gives them a bad name.
Yep, you'd think they would know better, but a lot of them are kids themselves. There is no excuse for acting dumb, but there are plenty out there just wanting the world to know just how dumb they can be.
Loonatic wrote:Oh dont get me wrong, Im not saying being raped, dishonorable discharge, etc is appropriate, but those guys should know better than to at least post that on the internet. Just gives them a bad name.
I think it goes further than giving them a bad name. Chit like that spreads through communities and next thing you get kids throwing rocks and such.......... oops..... my bad.......... that already happens.
Teasing kids like that is just plain wrong, even though the ones teasing are but "kids" themselves. They should have known better than to do it, not just posting it on YouTube.
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