Full Disclosure: Re: [OT] Obama said: "American people understand that not everybody's been following the rules"

[Mike Hale <eyeronic.design () gmail com>]

Obviously not.

Again.  They looked like they had weapons.  The pilots weren't
wondering...they were sure they saw weapons.

They then engaged what appeared to be a clear threat to other US
forces nearby.

The pilots acted exactly as they should have, given the information
presented to them.  This was a war zone, not a country club.

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 2:19 AM, Mike Hale <eyeronic.design () gmail com> wrote:
> > Except that they weren't obviously unarmed.
> >
> > Not only where they not obviously unarmed, they appeared to be armed.
> >
> > Look at the 4 minute mark.
> >
> > That sure as shit looks like an RPG.
> >
> > The crew thought the group was armed.  Ergo, they were cleared to engage.
> >
> > This wasn't a war crime...and the allegation that it was just makes
> > people look ridiculous.
> Listen to yourself: we weren't sure if they were armed, so we killed
> them. Put yourself and your family in the shoes of the dead folks. Its
> not a comfortable place to be, is it?
>
> Jeff
>
> > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:05 PM,  <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:44:44 PDT, Mike Hale said:
> > > > Seriously!  Think about the injustice of having American helicopters
> > > > engage armed individuals shadowing American soldiers.
> > > Shooting at "armed individuals" is one thing.  If it's "civilians and Reuters
> > > employees" who *aren't* obviously armed, it's something else.
> >
> >
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