Monday, January 16, 2012

The Heat of Battle

     When a player makes an out of character mistake in an important moment, it is often attributed to "the heat of battle." Now, that phrase has become a talking point for the US and the world. Young Marines took pictures of themselves urinating on the dead body of Taliban militants, and now, over a year later, they have been mysteriously leaked just as these soldiers are coming home.
    
     The first thing that comes to mind is, "Not again...." as these stories, though infrequent, linger in the air and tarnish the name of the greatest fighters on the planet Earth. Many have said that this is some kind of racism, and CAIR has all but agreed with that, essentially saying that they expect the soldiers to be punished to the extent of the law and beyond, when they themselves have no authority to punish, or even the right to talk about such punishments. These Marines were younger than 25 years old, they hardly old enough to drink alcohol, let alone put their lives on the line for our country, AND they were coming directly off the field of combat, where defeat means certain death, and winning simply means to fight another day and do it all again. I don't know what that feels like, and neither does CAIR, and neither does the vast majority of the world, yet we hold them accountable for a mistake made in the heat of battle. What hypocrisy!

     These Taliban fighters aren't a nation, they are a group of terrorist extremists, therefore they DO NOT receive any protection from any war crimes, so the actions were not necessarily illegal, albeit asinine. This was a mistake, and they know it, yet we cannot even begin to comprehend what it feels like to be in their shoes and barely survive a battle. This was blown completely out of proportion. These are KIDS... let them learn, not suffer.

14 comments:

  1. I think I am in love with you.

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  2. *REVISED* READ THIS ONE.

    Billy,there is much more to rights than protection under the rules of war. Even if the rules of war didn't apply to the taliban, which they should, it doesn't mean that they shouldn't receive basic human rights. In no way am i sympathizing with the Taliban, but i do believe everyone, including their corpses, have the right to be treated in a dignified way. Though many may argue that they would do the same to us, we have said, but still have yet to irreputablly prove that we are better than them and live up to a higher standard than the rest of the world, I can only pray that we have the ability as a military, and as a country to prove that claim as a plausible one.

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  3. I was never supporting them, I was just saying the flak they have been getting is hypocritical, for very few people know what it's like to be SHOT AT by an enemy that would kill without blinking, and the relief or what ever they feel after surving and having to do it all over again the next day...

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  4. This is true. But i dont know if urinating on corpses is an acceptable way to relieve stress.

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  5. Billy I don't think you are seeing that many of these Taliban are kids too, many of them younger than the troops we send over, some younger than we are. The age of these soldiers is no excuse for their actions. When one becomes a soldier of the United States, there is a certain dignity and responsibility they accept, and urinating on corpses is in no way acting in a way concurrent with that dignity. These people should be held accountable for what they've done, because we as a people are here to stand for liberty, freedom, and peace. The way these soldiers acted, as representatives of our people, was embarrassing and wrong. Billy, it may be hard for you to believe, but many people will see little "accidents" like this as a representation of our entire culture and what we stand for as a country. It's no wonder that so many people in the middle east despise us, and I'm pretty shocked that you wouldn't realize this, and that you are practically supporting these actions.

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  6. It's about time you posted something useful...look I'm not supporting their actions and I understand your opinions, but you both are missing the point of the post. I am saying that it's hypocritical to say that they should be punished "to the fullest extent and beyond" as CAIR stated, when they have no idea what was going through their minds.

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  7. I agree that they should be punished, but not all these extreme sentences CAIR is trying to get someone to press against the marines, I think they should have just let one of their superiors handle it and deal with it accordingly.

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  8. Billy you play guitar?

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  9. Hey are you gonna make any more posts?

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  10. Yeah I've been waiting for something new to come up.

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  11. nice post billy waiting for new posts

    _movieetech

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  12. hey I still want you to make that next post man

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  13. Billy, make more posts please :)

    btw I agree with everything you said...

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