I have the utmost respect for what the military is doing and has done in the past. I do not agree with everything that happens there but the basic form, for the most , I stand up for.
Young men, even well trained, sometimes do stupid/foolish stuff. Have you ever done anything stupid/foolish?
Sometimes these things are serious, sometimes VERY SERIOUS,
It comes with the territory,,,,,YOUTH, The maturity is not there yet!
Often people die or carry the effect of the action for life, maybe not their's but someone else has to bear the effect/pain/loss ect. of a wrongful act. Sometimes deliberate, sometimes, not.
How many of us have been in a extreme situation where someone is trying to kill you, fighting for your life, shots and explosions all around ect. I have not, I have no idea of what kind of terror it might be, but I am sure it's not pleasant. It must cause people to go into a survival mode,,,, do whatever you have to do. I would think that after a while this would cause people to respond strangely,, by our standards. some people go "around the bend" and NEVER come back. sad but true. We see it quite often with our precious Vets.
Sometimes it may take years to readjust to civilian life.
The seasoned troops sometimes, as well , do the wrong thing,,,by our standards,,. IT'S called War. Why do we fight war's?
No matter what other answer you can come up with, the BOTTOM LINE should be to WIN!
Our military men are not trying to be Boy Scouts but WARRIORS and warriors are trained to kill the enemy stop the enemies ability to properly defend themselves. Harsh, but true. Facts of war is,, people die. Military and civilian, young and old, innocent and guilty,, people die!
In such a horrific situation, how can we expect the troops to do everything according to civilized fashion, we place them in uncivilized places where the enemy and the allies look the same and expect them to never make a mistake, even a non-lifethreatning situation comes up, they handle it wrong and the libs. want blood,,, when the people/protestors on the streets here in America do almost anything they desire and nothing is done to them. I have always thought that Flag desecration was a crime, if not it ought to be. I don't know about now but it used to be BAD news for people doing it.Now people burn it cut it up, trample it beneith their feet, and fly another countries flag above it and Old Glory is flown upside down,,,, some not even US citizens, Right here in the USA,,,,Nothing happens, that I have seen anyway. I don't know why I am surprized,, after all we had a 2 term president that apparently dodged the draft, and now have one who appears to have a great disrespect for it, or maybe no respect at all.
I have the attitude/idea,,,,,,,IF ANYONE HATES THE USA SO MUCH,,,, WHY NOT GO SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE IT IS MORE TO YOUR LIKING,, OTHERWISE SHUT-UP ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU HATE THE GOOD OLD USA!!!! Sure we have problems, lets talk about them and try to fix them. Bashing is nonproductive it relieves the one who is bashing but doen nothing for the problem. There is an old saying "the squeeky wheel gets the grease", I have a saying too,," the squeeky wheel gets changed/replaced first".
Sometimes Our Boys screw-up, when they do, punish them but let's not be so fast to crucify them over something like this. I know it has reprocussions in the world, probably, but the fact is,,,, Most of them hate us anyway, if not for this then they'll find something else, let's not hate our boys, and we should not let the OTHER Countries or news media tell us what to do with our troops. Some things are done ignorantly,,or differentely than what we think they should be but,,,,,, treason,,, I think NOT! Poor choice,,, probably. Investigation should be ordered and if guilty then appropiate action should be taken, no matter what.
NO PERFECT PEOPLE NO PERFECT PLACE! Lets stand up for America,, let's improve where needed, not destroy it. Come on and help.
Just my opinion
HM
