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<blockquote data-quote="lilmiss" data-source="post: 3119275" data-attributes="member: 117536">I think you&#039;re asking several different questions here. Obviously insurgents are capable of terrible things. That shouldn&#039;t excuse the actions of a minority of military personnel, no. Might it do so, if used as propaganda? Of course. But it still shouldn&#039;t.1. Footage will only show an injured man getting killed, not the background.2. Are the soldiers on the spot in a position to discern every innocent caught up from every terrorist?3. Is it in any case right to kill an injured man who is trying to surrender?I&#039;ve seen them, talked with people who&#039;ve served, support the people if not the leaders/cause.The problem is that if you&#039;re going to be the good guys, you have to act like the good guys. Shooting dead wounded people who you think may be bad guys doesn&#039;t come close to that. My 4 year old understands that and sometimes as adults we ought to strip away the complexity our increased understanding gives and just get back to the basics.We should be trying to be the good guys; if we&#039;re not, why are we there?Mitch</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lilmiss, post: 3119275, member: 117536"] I think you're asking several different questions here. Obviously insurgents are capable of terrible things. That shouldn't excuse the actions of a minority of military personnel, no. Might it do so, if used as propaganda? Of course. But it still shouldn't. 1. Footage will only show an injured man getting killed, not the background. 2. Are the soldiers on the spot in a position to discern every innocent caught up from every terrorist? 3. Is it in any case right to kill an injured man who is trying to surrender? I've seen them, talked with people who've served, support the people if not the leaders/cause. The problem is that if you're going to be the good guys, you have to act like the good guys. Shooting dead wounded people who you think may be bad guys doesn't come close to that. My 4 year old understands that and sometimes as adults we ought to strip away the complexity our increased understanding gives and just get back to the basics. We should be trying to be the good guys; if we're not, why are we there? Mitch [/QUOTE]

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