Pat Tillman: Hero or Zero?

[David]

Scratch what I said earlier, well there are those allegations in Afghanistan, in addition to those, two deaths of POWs in Afghanistan were ruled as homcides by Army court-martial. So direct torture problems in Afghanistan as well. I like to try and stay accurate whenever possible.

[west]

Let me get this straight... the post was a ploy? Priceless

Unless I am reading something wrong... something seemed kind of hollow about it. Unless I am missing something...

Good luck, try not to get killed, and treat POWs as you would like to be treated... I'm sure the people in the U.S. military who abused the Iraqi and Afgahni POWs were a small minority... but that minority appeared to be getting their orders from somewhere above grunt level in the food chain... links to military intell are even being suggested, but not confirmed.

lol, I was eyeing this thread oddly. =O Good luck, don't get hurt.


Anyways, I think record wise the abuses are occuring in Iraq, not the Afghani theater. Its kinda sad how the general public seems to relatively not be paying much attention to 25th ID in Afghanistan, though from my personal view Afghanistan is the focal point of the WoT, not the detour.

I agree with Kroner, Soldiers are the victim, whether volunteer or draftee, because they are pretty much subject to what one or few men have to say. May I suggest All Quiet on the Western Front, and the section that deals with the soldier's politics. =?

Thats a classic book, ps. And speaking of which I find it interesting, I've caught a few Vietnam title console/cpu games coming out in the summer, sum of which are dealing directly with the war's negatives.

[nitefyre]

Heh, I saw that. *thanks Sammi*

*goes ahead and installs the game* Letz try this Scorch village with Napalm button.

[David]

lol