tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538874342968130652.post8127534554423275418..comments2024-03-27T10:36:39.504+05:30Comments on tantu-jaal: "Look at those dead bastards"Sunil Mukhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05155823169161030174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538874342968130652.post-24366722254158570692010-04-08T04:15:06.702+05:302010-04-08T04:15:06.702+05:30How can one blame those children (and the children...How can one blame those children (and the children or relatives of the dead) if they turn out to be terrorists?<br /><br />I don't even know how to respond! :(Sands | കരിങ്കല്ല്https://www.blogger.com/profile/01834089213291976917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538874342968130652.post-26445969963181164652010-04-07T21:49:55.188+05:302010-04-07T21:49:55.188+05:30The 'leaked' video is currently the lead s...The 'leaked' video is currently the lead story on CNN's website. You can read the article <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/04/06/iraq.journalists.killed/index.html?hpt=C1" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />The CNN article quotes from 'official' U.S. investigations into the event, the conclusion being that the killings were justified because the helicopter crew 'could easily have mistaken' the photographic equipment being carried for weapons, and so would have believed the people on the ground were armed militants. <br /><br />There is no mention of what was done to re-train American soldiers to better distinguish cameras and tripods from AK47s, and to tell friend from foe; the assumption has to be that nothing was.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13256268880832397268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538874342968130652.post-42324553042585033642010-04-07T07:25:29.284+05:302010-04-07T07:25:29.284+05:30How abhorrent the video may be, it cannot and shou...How abhorrent the video may be, it cannot and should not be compared to the crimes committed by the US administration. <br />US administration will cast this event as a one off event and the opponents of the war as another evidence of a wrong war gone bad. In my opinion both are off target. Even if such behavior by the military is common place, these crimes committed in the war zone are miniscule compared to the crimes committed by the government officials who took the decision to go to the war.Mohithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15465503075425492674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538874342968130652.post-44523167001697261732010-04-06T21:00:59.989+05:302010-04-06T21:00:59.989+05:30It HAS become a video game for this generation of ...It HAS become a video game for this generation of soldiers, pushed into real-life combat when they're a little over 18 years of age, graduating straight from zapping aliens in a virtual world to zapping real-life aliens. They're all blips on a screen as far as the zappers are concerned. Really scary.vbalkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16190962127952161679noreply@blogger.com