How? You're a numbskull, IMO.
Why is it impossible for you to grasp that US Marines...who are taught to be killing machines...to...under certain battle conditions...lose their sanity?
Nobody wearing a Marine uniform wants to get killed or seriously injured. Nobody wants a tiny American flag placed at their gravesite. They just want to come home after their tour.
To lose a buddy day after day must take a toll. The best insurance is to eliminate any perceived threat.
The Iraqis hide and shelter the insurgents in this part of the country. These "victims" won't be aiding and abetting anymore...and maybe will give pause to the neighbors up the street who escaped this event.
I don't condone their alleged deed. I understand how it may have happened.
Why is it impossible for you to grasp that US Marines...who are taught to be killing machines...to...under certain battle conditions...lose their sanity?
How? You're a numbskull, IMO.
Why is it impossible for you to grasp that US Marines...who are taught to be killing machines...to...under certain battle conditions...lose their sanity?
I wouldn't call it impossible, but I'll say it's improbable. I'll say it for the same reason the stories about a wounded militant being murdered in cold blood in a mosque, a wedding party massacre, and truckloads of forged Iraqi ballots turned out to be a gigantic pile of BS.
Wake the F up and realize the MSM and left have been digging, hoping, and praying for something like this to happen. They've wanted a return to Vietnam. This, they hope, is their My Lai. Now they just need to find their Calley.
I'm always on the side of our Armed Forces. Having served in them, I think I know a little about it. I left due to the fact we had a CiC in the 90s who showed open disdain and contempt for the military. If I am a numbskull to choose our fighting men and women over Clinton, Murtha, the MSM, and their ilk (which I hope does not include you), so be it!