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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 43654" data-attributes="member: 126">Re: Marines urinate on dead TalibanWhile they may not deserve a general level court martial, and firing squad, they certainly do not deserve a medal for this. They may not have literally been ordered to not urinate on dead Taliban, they were given general instructions about the rules of war and geneva conventions several times. There is also a presumption of common sense that failed several in this group. Dumb ass behavior (like this) can get people killed in a war zone, and the bad feelings this generated is detrimental to the mission goals, as they surely knew. The sooner we let this fade away the sooner it can pass... This is pretty far down the list of important shit happening in Afghanistan this month, but apparently all that the western press wants to talk about. Does anybody care about what is really going on over there? JR</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 43654, member: 126"] Re: Marines urinate on dead Taliban While they may not deserve a general level court martial, and firing squad, they certainly do not deserve a medal for this. They may not have literally been ordered to not urinate on dead Taliban, they were given general instructions about the rules of war and geneva conventions several times. There is also a presumption of common sense that failed several in this group. Dumb ass behavior (like this) can get people killed in a war zone, and the bad feelings this generated is detrimental to the mission goals, as they surely knew. The sooner we let this fade away the sooner it can pass... This is pretty far down the list of important shit happening in Afghanistan this month, but apparently all that the western press wants to talk about. Does anybody care about what is really going on over there? JR [/QUOTE]

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