US soldiers way of keeping order in Iraq

[majorjohn]

Not sure how to respond to this video. Seems wrong though.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EIGUC1sF3w

[silverojo]

1. SEEMS wrong?

This left you feeling uncertain? It was completely uncalled for, an abuse of power, and shameful behavior from those who supposedly fight for our country.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. You and I don't know the full story

that said, it SEEMS wrong and to be an abuse of power.

[GreenZoneLT]

3. Shows what comes of not planning the aftermath

That's from a Frontline documentary in 2003, right after the end of major combat operations. Untrained tankers told to act as police, without clear instructions. They decided the way to discourage looters was to destroy their vehicle. Hey, these are 18- to 25-year-old guys who are trained to drive and shoot tanks. At least they didn't improvise a "hang looters" policy.

Blame Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Perle, Cheney, Bush, etc. The kids in the tank were just doing the best they could with what information they had; not surprisingly, they fucked it up.

[wellst0nev0ter]

4. Yeah, I Remember That When It First Aired

And there are still people asking "why do they wanna kill us?" It could have been worse though. In Thomas Rick's books he described how soldiers punished a suspected looter by performing a mock execution on one of his sons.