Reply #39: reserving judgment on all sides.

[caligirl]

"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 anymor"

Agreed

Reagan wasn't it? Last Repug I voted for, even after being warned by someone who had known him. Got snookered but voted dem ever since.

But since I don't have both sides I am not willing to blame all the troops and call them all bad. Others who also don't have insider knowledge should also stop placinmg blame on the troops until they have said info.

24 years service, Lt Col USMC 78-90 Active duty pilot,FAC, +12 years reserve USMC, boat school '78 grad.

Unless things are different with the Army and Marines, privates and corporals do exactly what you tell them to do. There is a big difference in following an order you know to be illegal, shooting innocent civilians, and following the ROE to shoot at a vehicle that ignored the order to halt. This happens all the time, two years now, both sides by now know the rules. This is all conjecture. None of us know enough to pass judgement either way. All I know is that IF they followed the rules they were doing their job(harsh but true) and if they didn't follow the rules they are criminals. This is another reason why we should not be there, its not our fight.

Signed,
the Colonels wife,
And I have now got to take a sick kid to the dr.