Apr 7th 2010, 17:30:22
i dont have time for a lengthy post like id like to put up, but untill i have time, let me leave you with this
i completely understand where you are coming from AoS and TAN. im by no means condemning this act. but when you start prosecuting pilots and soldiers for acts like this which were clearly not malicious in initial intent, what example do you set for the rest of your forces?
if you prosecute a combatant every time a civilian is killed, ir run through the higher ranks like a steam roller, what kind of chain of command will you have left?
think if it from a logistical point of view as well. you two are thinking too narrow. if a pilot is too careful, and second guesses engaging plain dressed group of men, then later in the day that same group of men ambush a supply convoy or a medivac, should you blame the pilot for not killing them? which way do you lean on that fence?
its a tough call, and i can remember an example where early in the war, the 1st marine division was holed up on a main highway awating rolling orders, and there were refugees streaming down the road fleeing bagdad. all the sudden a white truck, with what looked like red daimonds that had been removed from the pahnels (for you that dont know thats the symbol for saddams henchmen that went around and carried out his deeds, kinda likr the SS of hitler)
they were 8 military aged men in the truck, but none of them were clearly armed, so they had to let them go. 4 hours later, those 78 men attacked a supply convoy killing 6-7 marines. whos to blame in that case?
when you start putting blame on the front line solider, and holding him accountable for EVERY mistake he makes, they start second guessing things, and thats when you get killed.
Swagger of a Chupacabra
[21:37:01] <&KILLERfluffY> when I was doing FA stuff for sof the person who gave me the longest angry rant was Mr Ford