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Originally posted by dekeguy
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.
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you're trying to tell me that every single one of the american troops is an angel who fights just becuase he has to? yea right, why not sell that to someone who is more optimistic. of course you're going to expect a lot, you're the one who in command. but just because there are good men at the head, doesn't mean that there aren't a few fools in the trenches. no one is standing up for the iraqis, but i'm not going to sit there and believe that there isn't corruption within the government and that we're all just a bunch of goodie two shoes. that's idealistic and unrealistic. and regardless of whether or not your men are righteous or not...who's to say someone in command isn't going have some illegal dealings? who's to say there aren't ulterior (and illegal) motives behind this war other than to rid the middle east of saddam? you don't know that, i don't know that....we only know what they're telling us. we're not angels.