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Originally posted by starang21
are you serious? you're making the claim that all your soldiers are some boy scouts!!! you guys have my support, but i'm not blind to the fact that illegal ish goes on. i'm not accusing anyone of anything, it's a FACT....just becuase we're the united states doesn't exempt us from wrong doing. just becuase you're personally responsible for all of your men, does that mean that one or a few of them isn't going to act a fool?
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Starang21,
Yes, I am very serious. We are by no means boy scouts, we are soldiers, and we do not tolerate the sort of practices that Saddam and his ilk embrace as business-as-usual policy. My men know how to fight, to fight hard, and to defeat those we engage. We fight clean and and are willing to take a little extra risk to avoid civilian casualties and give the other side's soldiers the chance to quit before they are harmed. I expect a lot from my men, as they expect of me, as you should expect from your US Army. My chain of command expects a lot from me and the men of my command, and we will deliver.
Do tragic things happen? Hell yes, think about Lt Calley and Me Lai. Is this our policy? Hell no. It isn't now and it wasn't then. It was a tragic aberration, not business as usual. Have we learned from our mistakes? Hell yeah! Thats why we spend so much effort in teaching all our soldiers what is and what is not acceptable conduct.
We are laying it on the line to shut down a gang who have been operating a supermarket for international terrorists. We are not the ones who practice a policy of murder, repression, rape, and atrocity. We are the ones who will go the extra mile to fight fair and to fight clean. I really don't think it appropriate to directly compare your US Army to the gang of thugs who routinely stoop to the vilest of practices to intimidate their own people.