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Originally Posted by Fourtyrulz
No matter how much I dislike the current administration, and no matter how against the war I am, statements like these are ludicrous. Yes, the soldiers who ordered the civilians into the river were acting out of line they were still saving their own asses. Who's to say those civilians didn't have guns or bombs strapped to them? I think that if it were to come down to "Iraq Civilian Suicide Bombs US Camp After Guards Let Them Go" the loss would be greater than one civilian life. Self-preservation on the part of the soldiers is by no means similar to Saddam's regime of burning people's eyes out with acid or chopping off their limbs because they own a telephone or something. It was one incident, one civilian life lost, and the sergeant making the orders is being prosecuted for it...isn't that how things work?
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Well, ludicrous would be your opinion. I've stated mine.
As for the guys carrying guns or bombs, you'd think the soldiers searched them when they first stopped them, wouldn't you?
Yes, one life lost, and a man up on charges for taking a life. It didn't have to be that way at all.
Saddam's regime was horrible. That doesn't mean we have the right to go in there and treat people in a similar manner and then think they deserve it just because.