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 coulsdoneagle  London 28 Mar 17 7.29pm |
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Set to be released within weeks. Pretty sensitive topic but I can't see a thread on it. Personally think the ruling is a bit of a joke. I can't see how the horrors of war can justify dragging an enemy behind a drystone wall out of the sight of the helicopter, quoting Shakespeare, executing the PoW and then telling the squad mates that the Geneva convention was broken and to keep schtum. I know Royal Marines who are offended by this ruling. They went through the same sh*t and never committed war crimes. I can't pretend to know the horrible situation of servicemen and women in these places, however we have the most professional army in the world who are schooled on the right way to act. This clearly wasn't a snap decision, the effort to cover his tracks prove this was premeditated. There was a lot of pressure from the docks and the press for this ruling and I don't think it was the right one. He certainly isn't a hero in any case. Vehemently disagree? Agree? Discuss
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hedgehog50  Croydon 28 Mar 17 7.41pm |
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The guy was minutes from death anyway. A silly thing to do to finish him off, but at least they didn't behead him, or set him on fire in a cage, or throw him off a building.
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| legaleagle 28 Mar 17 8.44pm |
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No,they just blatantly ignored the Geneva Convention...day we are proud when that happens is a sad day,notwithstanding sympathy for soldiers under intense psychological pressure with inadequate support..
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Y Ddraig Goch  In The Crowd 28 Mar 17 8.52pm |
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I have mixed feelings about this case. What he did was wrong, he knew it was wrong, and he brought the corps into disrepute However most us will never go through a fraction of what he has and can only guess at the horrors he has seen. Humans have very good coping mechanism and it would be easy for him to become desensitised I think manslaughter and a 7 year sentence is probably fair but it does raise questions on how we look after our troops. I think it's a shame he has been discharged, I think they could have kept him on but maybe lose rank
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Jimenez  SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 28 Mar 17 9.00pm |
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Taliban scum. Who gives a monkey's not me for starters.
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| Jimenez SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 28 Mar 17 9.03pm |
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Originally posted by Jimenez
Taliban scum. Who gives a monkey's not me for starters. What this guy did was wrong but the poor b****** was hung out to dry. Especially when there are scumbags further up the food chain who should be charged with war crimes. This should of been gently brushed under the carpet.
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| Y Ddraig Goch In The Crowd 28 Mar 17 9.10pm |
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Originally posted by Jimenez
What this guy did was wrong but the poor b****** was hung out to dry. Especially when there are scumbags further up the food chain who should be charged with war crimes. This should of been gently brushed under the carpet. Difficult when it was filmed.
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| Jimenez SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 28 Mar 17 9.15pm |
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Originally posted by Y Ddraig Goch
Difficult when it was filmed. I am well aware it was filmed what isn't nowadays. Countless of these scumbags file law suits against the government by their spiv lawyers. This case should of been buried in the ether.
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| coulsdoneagle London 28 Mar 17 10.26pm |
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Originally posted by Jimenez
Taliban scum. Who gives a monkey's not me for starters. You think it's acceptable to execute PoWs?
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 28 Mar 17 11.04pm |
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Originally posted by Jimenez
What this guy did was wrong but the poor b****** was hung out to dry. Especially when there are scumbags further up the food chain who should be charged with war crimes. This should of been gently brushed under the carpet. have
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| Jimenez SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 28 Mar 17 11.20pm |
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Originally posted by coulsdoneagle
You think it's acceptable to execute PoWs? Considering that these f***ing heathens would have no qualms about doing it to our boys then Yes !!
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| coulsdoneagle London 28 Mar 17 11.38pm |
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Originally posted by Jimenez
Considering that these f***ing heathens would have no qualms about doing it to our boys then Yes !! So we are allowed to sink to their level? We don't have to abide by the rules of the Geneva convention because they don't? We can rape their women and if we want we can strap bombs to our chests and blow ourselves up in their public places because they do? What a stupid argument
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