Afghanistan

[RACooper]

Originally Posted by ariesrising

I would think that US soldiers raping a woman after killing her family would be thought of as "overly gung-ho". But that's just me.

Okay that's completely uncalled for - the actions of a extreme criminal minority should not be a reflection on the US military.

[RACooper]

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?

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...

[macallan25]

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?

No. It doesn't. A single incident by one or two people doesn't reflect on the entire US Military.