"Collateral Murder" - US Soldiers kill civilians/journalists in Iraq

[XanBcoo]

Just because they're in the air, doesn't mean they're completely oblivious to danger.

Christ. They were inside a helicopter hovering just under 2 miles away, circling non-aggressive civilians and journalists several times before they opened fire on them, killing them. They did this because they thought they had guns.

Then when the wounded photographer crawled around on the ground, the gunner begged to shoot him.

Then they shot the civilian van filled with 2 small children and killed the father who stopped in a vein attempt to help the wounded. Once again, the gunner begged to shoot these people, and did.

Then they killed or injured at least 3 more completely oblivious people after that out of complete negligence.

Why the fuck are some of you trying to justify this?? There's no situation stressful enough that would warrant the murder of so many innocent people. You can't wave this away because "you don't know what it's like". This is murder on an institutional level and it's been covered up by the government. How complacent do you have to be to pretend this isn't wrong?

I just don't think that civilians who are living comfortable peaceful lives are in a position to judge these guys.

Similarly, you are in no place to ignore the fact that a bunch of people got away with murder. I don't care how blase you want to appear on the internet, this is a crime and "war is hell" is a lazy and ridiculous defense.

Edit: That wasn't a knock at you, Dark Dragon, I'm just saying.

Anyway, here's a blog post by a guy who's "been in their shoes" and agrees these guys are nutcases: http://blog.ajmartinez.com/2010/04/0...ateral-murder/