If you had been in the same situation as the U.S. Marine in Fallujah, would you have shot the wound Iraqi?
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Yes.   I've seen that video lots of times, and the Marines are yelling at people to not move.    They also had an interpreter telling people to remain still.   When your ass is on the line, you should NOT continue to give people the benefit of a doubt because you'll end up dead.\n\nOur military is ALL VOLUNTEER.   Members know the risk when they sign up.   I know this because I have several family members who served in different branches of the military.\n\nWhether or not you agree with how/why our troops ended up in harm's way, you should consider it your civic duty to publicly support our troops.   To do anything less would be an act of ungratefulness.
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OK nevadog, if you cant tell the differance between a SAW firing, and anything that the Iraqi's or insurgents fire, AK 47, RPK, or PKM, you are an IDIOT. If you can tell, why did you duck when you heard a SAW firing AWAY from you?  I simply say this to let everyone know that you are trying to write a colorful story about something that may or may not have happened. Regardless, you have the wrong perspective. If that story really happened. The soldier who did the firing was trying to protect his own life and yours. Overzealousness is better than overcautiousness .
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Well hello sister, Your brother is my brother in arms. I was a Machinegunner in the US Marine Corps, and over the past 3 years have done 2 tours of Iraq. I will not tell you lies about the safety of your brother. There are many areas in Bagdad, just like there are many areas of New York. Some are relatively safe, and others are brutally dangerous. I will not lie to you, there are not any Marine infantry units in the "green zone" (the safe area) that I know of. But you should be encouraged though, because your brother has the best support and best comrades of anyone in the military. I mean that. Marine Machinegunners are like no one else in the world. We watch out for each other all the time, and nobody messes with us. Believe me, you should be proud that he has chosen this route. His job will never be safe, but he has better training than any gunners have ever had. I may have gotten to be a part of that training as I worked as a machinegun instuctor for the last year of my time. Machinegunners are tough too, he will live through whatever comes his way. Dont worry sis, just send him some copenhagen-snuff or long cut. shrinkwrap it first so it doesnt go stale. Even if that isnt his brand(probably is though) he can sell stateside cope for 15 dollars a can or whatever other things he wants. Tell him another gunner says GUNZ UP!
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Nope, you should have been treated that way.\n\nWill you do it again?
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Disobey an order because its unlawful, yeah I did that twice both in a theatre of combat.  One was to refuse medical attention to an enemy combatant, the guy had been shot in the face and had his lower jaw in his hand.  We were told to just let the guy go and bleed out basically, we called a corpsman over though to give the guy something for his pain, he later died and me and another guy got yelled at for like 5 minutes and that was about it.  The only other time was some BS that involved a land mine a guy brought to us, I still to this day dont know if the SSgt was joking or not when he told us to have the guy jump on it to see if it was live.
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I would have exhibited restraint and patience, employed our intelligence agencies to track down Osama and infiltrated his camp.  I might have even established a decoy group of dissidents in hopes Osama would reach out to the group and offer support or take them under his wing.  \n\nOn the surface, I would deliberately look like I was taking a weak stance on the attack or even act as if I was unaware of who committed the attack.  Not only would this have infuriated Osama and kept him from becoming some Jihad hero, this would lull him into a false sense of security.  All the while I would be using the information I was gathering to gain knowledge of his strength, weaponry, supporters and future planned attacks.  \n\nUsing this information, I would circumvent any future attacks.\n\nAfter gaining as much information as I could, I would send a recon team from our Special Forces to his location, capture (or kill) him and his body guards, and attempt to bring him to America to face justice.\n \nAs for communicating with terrorists, I have long been against the US policy of non-communication.  How can go to a war against an enemy without having the ability to negotiate a peaceful resolution?  I firmly believe an open dialog with those groups who wish to harm America is the only way to convince them to stop attacking America and American interests overseas.\n\nAttacking Afghanistan was similar to blowing up a house to catch a rat; the house gets destroyed, but the rat simply goes to another house.\n\nNo, the attack on Iraq was not revenge; the attack on Iraq was for economic reasons and is producing the intended results.
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It might be best to hear both sides first before people begin comparing this to the 1968 My Lai massacre in Vietnam.\nIt sounds as though your mind has been made up before hearing from the soldiers who were there. Not saying it isn't possible but combat does bad things to good peoples minds.
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Anything to hurt the President, even if it hurts the country as well. Do you know how many defenses of Saddam I have seen  here? Yet all the Marines in Haditha are presumed guilty until proven innocent.
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Why don't you Americans get out of the country and let the Iraqi's handle their own problems? Imagine your country in the Iraqi's place, would you like to be rescued by conquering hero's (actually villains with a false cause- where are the WMD's?).\n\nAnd if you are dying, you are also killing, and killing unarmed civilians too. Well it's your own elected Representatives that sent you out to do the kill, what did you expect, the natives would be too terrified to shoot back? \n\nWould your countrymen react passively to invaders?\nLook at any country that the US has interfered in-they end up destroying it completely- be it Vietnam or Afghanistan or Iraq - why doesn't the US of a start minding it's own country?\n\nOn a personal note, all I can say is stay alive kid, and do let live - the Geneva convention is there and don't break the rules. You'll only end up making the world hate your country more, and that'd be a pity, for it is one of the greatest countries in the world after mine though!\n\nI am not an Iraqi or Muslim for your info.\nst
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What do you think we'd do? They can't beat us on their home ground let alone in 48 contiguous states! We'd kick their A$$es! Anyway, we have nothing against them now. I would hate that it would happen but if you were an Iraqi soldier would you want to fight us, especially on our turf? Come on! If it were to happen our Marines and Army would be scraping them up off the bottom of their shoes! I don't mean to sound American egotistical but I do know that we have one of the finest, most well trained military in the world. It wouldn't last too long, I guarantee it because what the military might miss, our American citizens would take up the slack to defend our own. I would gladly become part of a militia to protect my country from things like that. I wouldn't think twice about it. I'd be there next to my American brethren in no time because this country and it's people are more precious to me than life itself, and I'd never turn my back on them.
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Possibly .. I mean, here we have a solider who is going into a battle front and he may/may not be wounded, shot down, captured, all of the above, I personally want to thank him for defending our freedom's but as you can see this might have a "unfortunate" outcome. It is nice that you found someone that admires you and you him, just keep in mind of the possibilities that await you and all of the other families that have loved ones in Iraq right now. I don't want to tell you this is wrong or try to "throw salt" on the game in any way. BY ALL MEANS keep in touch with him he will need the correspondence, and if you "solider boy" make it back home, take some time to thank him properly.
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Nope, it actually happens.  A friend of mine who served in Viet Nam actually lost control of his bladder when his platoon was clearing out some wounded troops and they got fired upon.  He jumped into the helicopter and noticed that he had urinated all over himself. \n\nI have never been shot at, so I can't say what I would do.
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lol, i think i might avenge the guy he shot. \n"Hey look a moose." (Pow) \n"My bad Dick." *goes over Cheney's body*\n"You bleeding? Yeah, you're bleeding..." \n\n=]
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It depends on a couple things, your state of mind, did you happened to roll up on the scene. My situation, I just returned from Iraq, wanted to surprise her. The kid in the basement. Walked in on her & homeboy, I didnt have no beef with homeboy, didnt know him, he just being a playa. My ole lady on the other hand, I wasnt thinking straight, I grabbed the first thing that I could put my hand on, happened to be a hammer, straight up broke in both of her knee's. Didnt do any jail time; definitely got rid of her . I look back, I get a good laugh. I should have just took my stuff & left.
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Ummm, duh. Let's start telling everyone where not to be, that's a great idea. If someone told you they were gonna shoot you at a specific time and place, and you believed them, would you be there? ? ? If you said yes go ahead and smack yourself now please. . . .
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I would be devastated at the loss. My life would never be the same. I would be very proud of him as I consider all those who join the forces as heroes. I would curse the day George W was born for getting us into an unnecessary war with no exit plan,
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I would like,  ..They were at home now...  \nI’m sorry,    I am crying..  \n My brother died in Iraq.\n The US Armed Forces are OUTSTANDING....