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Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei
Of the pictures provided here on the thread where there is lounging, they are on a truck.
I mean this is insanity. These men are in a hostile enviroment trying to secure it, what do you expect hugs and cuddles?
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Funny you should mention that, since cuddling is exactly what they are doing while smiling into the camera.
I expect the soldiers to guard the prisoners and sit on the edge of the "truck" like the rest of the guys are doing--not posing for snapshots.
Yeah, I agree that your response is insane.
EDIT: btw, it becomes more obvious with each of your posts that you didn't bother to even read through the story before commenting:
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The U.S. military has launched a criminal investigation into photographs that appear to show Navy SEALs in Iraq sitting on hooded and handcuffed detainees, and photos of what appear to be bloodied prisoners, one with a gun to his head.
"These photographs raise a number of important questions regarding the treatment of prisoners of war (POWs) and detainees," Navy Cmdr. Jeff Bender, a spokesman for the Naval Special Warfare Command in Coronado, said in a written response to questions. "I can assure you that the matter will be thoroughly investigated."
Gary Solis, a former Marine Corps prosecutor and judge who teaches at the United States Military Academy, said the images showed "stupid" and "juvenile" behavior — but not necessarily a crime.
John Hutson, a retired rear admiral who served as the Navy's Judge Advocate General from 1997 to 2000, said they suggested possible Geneva Convention violations. Those international laws prohibit souvenir photos of prisoners of war.
"It's pretty obvious that these pictures were taken largely as war trophies," Hutson said. "Once you start allowing that kind of behavior, the next step is to start posing the POWs in order to get even better pictures."
At a minimum, the pictures violate Navy regulations that prohibit photographing prisoners other than for intelligence or administrative purposes, according to Bender, the SEALs spokesman.
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Are all these concerned people part of your loony left conspiracy category?