Thursday, January 12, 2012
Marines Urinate on Taliban:
War is ugly and not many people are cursed with the experience. The hells troops endure can only be talked about, but not truly understood or felt. Is it wrong what they did? I'm not here to try and justify what they did nor do their actions speak for an entire nation or the corps itself. Marines are wild, let's not kid ourselves here. Professional? Absolutely. Elite? Without a doubt.
Certain situations can make you numb to societies norms and expectations. I'm sure looking back these men possibly regret what they did, or maybe not. Who I am to know what they went through? How many of these Marines buddies were killed by these men?
There's a large outrage over the treatment of these men and their bodies in relation to religious views of their people. This video stands as propaganda now for the enemy and potentially creates an even more hostile environment for deployed troops.
So tell me: What is your opinion on this video? Is it an excuse for nations to lose their trust in the U.S.?
Good luck to the Marines in this video, I'm sure your careers are in serious jeopardy caused by the backlash of this video. Semper Fidelis.
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Some good points were raised in this post. Allow me to share my opinion.
ReplyDeleteThese Marines, regardless of their rank or status, have voluntarily chosen to represent and fight for their friends, family, and country.
That much HAS to be true, without too much assumption added.
How would those they have chosen to represent -which btw includes people of the same skin tone as those laying on the ground; imagine if they were pissing on persons with skin tone similar to theirs, would the reaction be the same? - feel about them performing this act? THAT is the question that must be asked.
If the answer is "well they ARE on the battlefield, and experience everything that comes with such a situation,so its ok for them to piss on the infidels to vent", then, I fear we may have far bigger problems than a busted economy.
Principles maketh a man.
Elite? Perhaps. Professional? Absolutely not.
Im "outraged" non of the soldiers didnt have SHIT. Great post BTW. Followed!
ReplyDeleteThe Marine Corps as a whole is exceptionally professional. I don't mean to say what was done in this video portraits the Corps values, it is merely my goal to help preserve the overall image of great organization I took part in.
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