Twelve U.S. soldiers face trial after Afghan civilians 'were killed for sport....'

www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | Last updated at 8:43 AM on 10th September 2010

[jagusafr]

12 US Soldiers are facing trial in the deaths of Afghan civilians - being described as cold-blooded murder.

[dfwgator]

WTF are we saving in Afghanistan?

Opium.

[bert]

It would be better to go after the lefties. The world would be a much better place without them

[AAABEST]

So boo freakin' hoo to the handful of Afghan savages we killed. Who gives a crap.

Congrats on clinching the FR Imbecile of the Year award - and you did it with only one sentence.

While you're probably getting fat running your mouth, some actually have to deal with the extremely volatile situation in the sandbox. Having evil-clowns running around executing innocent locals (if the story is actually true) unnecessarily makes all of our lives vastly more difficult.

Why don't you just sit down and STFU?

[cld51860]

Yes, I was saying this after 9/aa and was called all kinds of names for saying it. If we had done that, we would be discussing very little of the appeasement-based nonsense that passes for foriegn policy these days. And who know, perhaps England would still exist as a free nation today.

[dfwgator]

During WWII, over 130 US service members were tried, convicted and HANGED UNTIL DEATH for capital crimes against civilians

I guess some of them got a reprieve. ;)

[Blood of Tyrants]

Nearly 100,000 German citizens were killed in the fire bombing of Dresden. Today if a pilot lets a bomb go at the wrong time, he is charged with murder.

I have a feeling that the “innocent Afghans” were FAR from innocent.

[algernonpj]

Agreed... If I had my way on 9-12 there would have been a lot more glass in the middle east.

[cowboyusa]

That’s started as well. It’s time for Cowboys vs. Islamists and Cowboys vs. Commies.

[stinkerpot65]

If this happened as described, these “soldiers” are scum.

[stinkerpot65]

Funny that the press was all over the Haditha sham but is ignoring this. Protecting Obama?

[Friendofgeorge]

Only after Obama and the Clintons are executed for infanticide.

Lets not be so quick to believe the worst.

[Friendofgeorge]

I meant to add Jimmy Carter to the list, he is also guilty of infanticide, we are up to around 60 million I believe. Anybody that voted Democrat over those many years are accomplices to the crime.

Yes I realize there are bad Republicans that are also fine with infanticide, but as luck would have it for them, if they never voted Democrat then they catch a break.

[Americanexpat]

I do not like to see these things being committed by US troops. These guys are going to have enough to live with after the war now they will start feeling guilty about these atrocities and carry it around with em for the rest of their lives.

Having said that, i do not give a rats ass for any of these Afghans because I know if our guys fall into their hands they can will get far worse, only they won't be dead when it is done to them.

[OldDeckHand]

"I hear we have a military medal for the soldier who shows the greatest RESTRAINT in battle? Is that true? Tell me that is not true!!!"

It's not true. Such an idea was floated by one Stanley McChrystal. We know how that story ends.

[mojito]

Lets not be so quick to believe the worst.

I said I was dubious. That means I don't believe the story. Why are you scolding me like I was some ignorant child, or worse, some leftist?

[OldDeckHand]

"Funny that the press was all over the Haditha sham but is ignoring this. Protecting Obama?"

I was thinking the EXACT same thing. Not a peep on this in the MSM.

[dsutah]

You’re close, but I think it was Guantanamo Bay Prison where it happened.

[freekitty]

I am too. It’s a bunch of sick BS.

[OldDeckHand]

"Having said that, i do not give a rats ass for any of these Afghans because I know if our guys fall into their hands they can will get far worse, only they won't be dead when it is done to them. "

Not true, at all. If our guys fall into the wrong hands, they're toast. But, we have had soldiers be wounded and separated from their units and be cared for and defended by tribal villages from the Taliban.

Their is a Pashtun code of conduct that predates Christ, called "Lokhay Warkawa. It says in part that travelers (to include warriors) who are seeking aid and shelter, must be given aid and shelter. Tribal Afghans have fought to the death protecting wounded coaltion forces, because that is the code they live by.

You should read a book by Marcus Luttrell called Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10. It's fabulous, and explains in great detail why Luttrell is alive today - Lokhay Warkawa.