Fighting words? Screw any jackbootlicker, I don’t care who.
I feel like I have landed in a parallel-universe America. The My Lai Massacre happened, and the “official story” is that two Vietnamese clans were having a vicious clan battle, and thank goodness heroic Lt. Calley and his company of soldiers happened to come along, and put a stop to the in-fighting. REALLY????!!!!!!
We just saw a POLICE SNIPER MASSACRE in Waco, and you are tugging my heartstrings over hurt mommy of police feelings??? REALLY??
One of the events that formed my conscience was my rife-team coach in college who said “My Lai” was not justified. Lt. Calley should have been held accountable for his actions. That was not the popular “conservative” opinion of the time, but I took Sgt. Larry’s word over the words of the politicians, etc. because he had been in VN and knew the risks and trade offs and the rules, and his personal testimony was compelling. He had walked point. I took it very seriously and still do. One reason I do not like the term “bootlicker” applied to me is that I have read military bios and history since my teens and still do. I swore to protect and defend the Constitution, and would not pass on an illegal order to those under my command. My bookshelf testifies to the time I have devoted to understanding the military profession, under stress and duress, and the ethical challenges political higher-ups foist upon the consciences of those who merely want to serve their Country and Constitution.
Yes, you are accountable for attacking an innocent woman, who happens to be the mother of a cop, and just how is that different from being the mother of a non-affiliated biker, one must ask?
You can well and indeed make your point about your POLICE SNIPER MASSACRE without the unnecessary collateral damage to an innocent woman. Ethical combatants do indeed try with all means at their disposal, to limit civilian collateral damage [OK the Army anyway, the AF bombed quite a bit of stuff], and it is their sworn DUTY to do so. Even at the risk of their own lives, but not the ends of the overall mission or the lives of their subordinates. Your mission does not require what you did to this woman. Ethical combatants have to try to preserve historical artifacts as well as civilian lives and I am sure you have heard about the Geneva Convention.
Indeed, serving in Germany in the Army, I took some Air Force comrades to task. At least the Army bled on the ground, and did not bomb civilians from the air. You are not bombing a civilian woman from the air, but quite up close and personal. Shame on you Travis, and I say this from the depths of my military informed mind. You are better than this.
Frankly I am disappointed in your response. I thought better of you.
Servus.