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Originally Posted by ariesrising
Yet they are in the US military, and were serving in the country as the US military, so it does reflect on them, does it not?
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It should reflect no more on the whole of the US forces any more than this did/does on the Canadian Armed Forces:
Do you think this is reflective of the members of the Canadian Armed Forces? I sure as hell don't think so. Just as the CAF don't make it habit to torture and beat to death teenagers, the US military doesn't make it habit to rape & murder. It is the sick and the criminal wearing the uniform that commit these horrible acts, not the uniform or what it represents.
Personally I think it's too bad that those soldiers in Iraq weren't under Canadian or British command, because then they'd be facing the firing squad: murder, rape, drunkness on guard duty in a combat zone, and abandoning your post in a combat zone; are all still punishable by death under the QR&R (the only other two are treason and collaborating with the enemy). Further I think it's also too bad that these "men" didn't take Matchee's route when their crimes came to light...