[quote author=forester sti link=topic=22652.msg271972#msg271972 date=1270605349]
I don't really want to be the one that goes against the grain, I'm not in the best position to be doing that!
BUT
This kinda stuff really pisses me off, I mean the anti american BS,
Bare in mind, that those kids were more than likely stuffed into the van by the badies knowing full well that they are going to a place that only a few minutes previous, there were gunships shouting other badies!
Would you bring your kids??? NO,
They only brought the kids so that they can say, "look what the evil americans did" same as sending a kid into the middle of a fire fight with a stick, so he get shot and there is loads of pics of this little innocent kid who was carelessly shot by the americans when he was just playing with his stick in the street!
A good rule of thumb, if you are in a war zone is, DON'T stand near badies with guns when american gunships are circling above!!!
Those photographers should know better!
There was ZERO US/UK troups killed, and a good few badies killed, that is a successful engagement!
It is gorilla warfare, meaning the badies shout at troups, then run into a gaf with a family, troups aren't to know, there is no right or wrong! It's a poxy situation!
Same as the north! No right or wrong anymore, just stuck the way it is! after decades of horrific shite, nobody wins!
That's WAR
And also bare in mind that the US/UK troups are raised with the same/similar values/cultures that we are, and they are fighting against lads who would happily kill themselves anyone else to get to there paridise afterlife, and they still stone there women to death in the streets! (that is first hand witnessed by my wifey's RAF cousin)
Who's morals do you trust??? a few stupid videos with out of context narration???
Dan
Sorry if my comments seem inflamitory, Not my intention, it's just my opinion! I am very anti media, I assume what ever the so called "free speakers" (tree hugging hippies) say is just there biased enturpritation of the real events! same with Vegiterians, :lol:
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No baddies with guns Dan... just a Reuters camera man with a camera on his shoulder and some innocent children!
Gun ship is miles away too.. you can hear the shots and then a massive delay before bullets strike.... brave US soldiers aren't they firing from such distance!
Around 12 people were killed, including two Reuters news staff, who were mistaken for insurgents after their long lens camera was thought to be a rocket propelled grenade launcher.
The gunsight video contains audio of a conversation between the pilots, saying: "Let us shoot!"
Bullets pelt the ground as the men scatter, desperate for cover, and at one point some men are seen trying to dodge bullets while rushing small children away.
