US Collateral Murder

[Bouncer]

People use humor to cope with stress in every walk of life.

US military are no different. It's a warrior mindset, and it's needed to get the job done.

I didn't hear anything out of line.

you act as if these guys were down on the ground in the shit. they were not. the pilots of a 100 million dollar killing machine should not sound like kids playing a video game at any point.

[Bouncer]

But it's not like the reporter was wearing a huge flag that said "GOOD GUY". He made the choice to travel with the enemy and he paid the price. Those people in the van should have known better as well.

yes i agree.

[Konitz]

by )(specific way to cope) do you mean joke around and make light of the situation? that is not ever how a united states soldier (especially the pilot of an Apache gunship) is ever supposed to act during any mission.

do not make excuses for stupid behavior.

I just be;believe that this is an area that unless you have personally experienced it you cannot comment on how they should behave.

[Bouncer]

I just be;believe that this is an area that unless you have personally experienced it you cannot comment on how they should behave.

and thus you cannot comment either. :)

[Konitz]

and thus you cannot comment either. :)

I didn't I commented on your comment.:thumup:

[Bouncer]

I didn't I commented on your comment.:thumup:

you cant comment on my comment because you dont have the experience to say how someone should act. :hibb:

[Konitz]

you cant comment on my comment because you dont have the experience to say how someone should act. :hibb:

I did not; I commented on your comment because I felt we do not have the right to comment on the comments of those solider' s.:clapback:

[ROCKETW19]

I did not; I commented on your comment because I felt we do not have the right to comment on the comments of those solider' s.:clapback:

WTF :rofl:

[ROCKETW19]

I didnt watch the video but from what I read on your posts the camera guys and anyone else around the guys with RPGs ect are just stupid and got what they got. I have no clue what the guys in the helicopter were saying but remember they are just kids and like deca said its their way to cope with it. No I have never been in a million dollare plane shooting people in another counrty but I have been in fucked up situtions and I understand exactly what they were doing.

[Bouncer]

but remember they are just kids and like deca said its their way to cope with it.

they are soldiers and pilots in charge of a 100 million dollar war machine.

you people have low expectations of what a pilot in the united states military should be.

[decadecadeca]

you people have low expectations of what a pilot in the united states military should be.

Not at all.

I have realistic expectations of humans in high stress jobs.

And I have news for you, when cops find you dead in a ditch they'll crack jokes about you, when the ME hacks you open on the slab he'll make jokes about you, when the burial crew tosses you in the ground they'll be telling jokes about you.....

It's a coping mechanism, nothing more.

[Konitz]

Where can you watch the full video with out the slant wikileaks has put on it?

[decadecadeca]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is9sxRfU-ik

[Mr I]

Its a war and my feelings are mixed, there were some weapons apparently and if you carry them or walk with people who have them you should be sure they are Iraq's nationakl force or allied troops and if your a cameraman you should keep any allied military informed of your whereabouts. Too many of these press go deep under cover to get their big break/story and this is what can happen

[Bouncer]

And I have news for you, when cops find you dead in a ditch they'll crack jokes about you, when the ME hacks you open on the slab he'll make jokes about you, when the burial crew tosses you in the ground they'll be telling jokes about you.....

none of which are professional or the right thing to do.