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chrisesq Donating Member (238 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-03 01:11 AM
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3. I've only seen the first chapter.
Quite disturbing. Especially the part where the soldiers cruch a car whose owner was suspected of looting.

2 things bother me about that

1. The person in charge of that act was a buck sergeant. A freaking E-5. Not even an officer. This junior NCO took it upon himself to dispense justice.--this leads to point #2

2. No due process of law. Were we not supposed to be liberators? I'm not seeing it, no trial or anything. The soldiers said they were looting now they crush his car. Seems rather draconian to me. Then it turns out that the car was the only means of support for the suspect as he was a taxi driver. What's he going to do now? Way to win the hearts and minds there, asshole. Dispensing your "badass" justice.

Now I realize that the ambushes are putting a lot of our soldiers on edge, that is understandable. However, this punishment, which far surpasses the crime of stealing fucking 2x4s is beyond the pale.
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