Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Soldiers' Iraq horrors
Soldiers from a US Army unit that had 10 infantrymen accused of murder, attempted murder or manslaughter after returning to civilian life described a breakdown in discipline during their Iraq deployment in which troops murdered civilians, a newspaper reported in detail Sunday.
With each roadside bombing, soldiers would fire in all directions. Soldiers said "You came too close, we lit you up. You didn't stop, we ran your car over with the Bradley."
IMO: As I said earlier, it'll soon be fragging again in Afghanistan - like Vietnam. I have every sympathy, just missed Vietnam as a conscript myself. But drones seem to be a simple remedy, no wonder the Taliban and some Paks (and sometimes there's little difference) don't want USA to have drones. Also, clearly if at some time like now, parts of the Taliban lose, they can maybe be 'negotiated' with. Best for Western people to know what is happening and drones seem one way out. The whole Afghan battlefield could be automated and computerised, maybe better and cheaper than so much civilian contact with the army (never easy) and it would be a good testbed for future wars.
With each roadside bombing, soldiers would fire in all directions. Soldiers said "You came too close, we lit you up. You didn't stop, we ran your car over with the Bradley."
IMO: As I said earlier, it'll soon be fragging again in Afghanistan - like Vietnam. I have every sympathy, just missed Vietnam as a conscript myself. But drones seem to be a simple remedy, no wonder the Taliban and some Paks (and sometimes there's little difference) don't want USA to have drones. Also, clearly if at some time like now, parts of the Taliban lose, they can maybe be 'negotiated' with. Best for Western people to know what is happening and drones seem one way out. The whole Afghan battlefield could be automated and computerised, maybe better and cheaper than so much civilian contact with the army (never easy) and it would be a good testbed for future wars.
# posted by uv : 6:08 AM
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