Reply #36: That Excuse is about as good as "i was following orders".

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Yes I recall the Marines killed in Beirut, I was still in the US Army at the time. Do you remember who were president and vice president at the time? Not to mention who was the SecDef, by the way
the ROE or Rules of Engagement are decided at the Pentagon, not out in the field.

Those troops are not carrying a 70 pound packs when they're on duty at a checkpoint, and being at a checkpoint means they're stationary,
not walking 20 miles.

And unless you have first hand information to the contrary, none of us know what happened at this checkpoint, we only have the military
version of it, and to tell you the truth, the US military doesn't exactly have much credibility anymore.

By the way the German Army soldiers that helped the SS to murder Russian civilians were just as scared out of their minds as the 22
year old US troops, so can you excuse them for their actions as well?

You pull the trigger, you're responsible for the results.

13 years US Army, Sergeant, Operation Desert Storm. Not as bad as what these troops are having to deal with, but at least we did return
a country to it's people, from Saddam.