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Originally posted by IowaStatePhiPsi
Rob- did you really expect the Americans on here to take kindly to advice for America to play by the rules they expect everyone else to follow?
I feel for ya man- though I dont think anyone I know was ever killed by "'friendly' fire"- it's a sad tragedy.
Air National Guard... the same smart people as George Dumbya Bush...
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Actually we don't use the term "friendly-fire" in Canada... I was doing that for the sake of the Americans on the board.. and because the Canadian/British term has some interesting conotations on this board... we use the term "Fratricide".
As for America following the rules... it's an arguement I have with every country including my own. It's just that the US has been a paragon of social and political change and empowerment that other nations looked to as an example to emulate... as such it is more painful for me to see that image tarnished by the actions of different administrations, in particular G.W.Bush's.
I don't want to touch your last comment... as I don't believe that all National Guardsmen could or should be tainted by the actions of Mj. Schmidt.. in the same way that the military as a whole should not be tainted by the actions of personnel mistreating prisoners... in fact I have to acknowledge the integrity of Mj. Schmidt's flight leader Mj. Umbach... he followed the ROE and tried to do the right thing, he also accepted resposiblity for the actions of Mj. Schmidt, as the leader of the flight, an act that Mj. Schmidt has yet to do. In short Mj. Umbach took honourable action, as I'm sure most officers would.. my beef was personally with Schmidt and his cadre of supporters that engaged in a fair amount of Canada bashing, as well as blaming everyone but the man how "pushed the button"....
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