err..anyone got anymore popcorn?
I'm out lmfaooo

Kombucha, I don't think that the soldiers are wanton killers (although, as with everything in life, there will be a few 'radicals' within any given group - law of averages, yes?), but you must remember that they are in a 'kill-or-be-killed' situation that folk such as I (a non-soldier who has never faced such adversity) can not hope to understand.
Those images that you saw on the news, are wholly misrepresentative of the precluding situation - ie, who's to say that that particular Marine, had not just witnessed several of his comrades get shot down by these people.

The type of people that we are dealing with here, are not the kind of people who possess rational thought - they DO NOT represent the Iraqis in any way, and I would further suggest that it is THEY who are the wanton killers, rather than the Marines.

Recently, a western woman was brutally murdered and mutilated by these so-called 'freedom fighters', and yet this woman (Margaret Hassan) was someone who had dedicated her life to helping the Iraqi people - surely, no one can justify such a 'political' outcry.

Although most of us have not experienced a 'war-zone' environment, I think we can at least understand the feeling of adrenalin when in a 'combative' situation; How many of us get so wound up about a football match, and find ourselves shouting abuse at the opposition etc? Is it not a similar feeling of emotions running riot?
Try to imagine that same feeling of adrenalin, but with a view to the fact that any mistake will cost you your life, rather than just your pride.

War is nasty, folks, and things happen that we (who have no comprehension of such) find very hard to understand or accept. That is not to lend any justification to any attrocities that occur, but rather to with-hold judgement until we are in possession of ALL of the facts pertaining to such - rather than rely on footage on our screens which can easily be misrepresentative, or indeed, edited to illicit a prescibed response.

Imagine, if you will, that an alien force has stormed your house, and systematically killed your entire family, yet you have survived.
I wonder how discriminate YOU would be, had you the wherewithall to exact your revenge against them?

The true reasons for going into this war will most likely not become apparent for some time, but rest assured that the ramifications will be known sooner than we all would like, probably.

Just my thoughts.


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