U.S. Marines Urinating On Corpses Video

[ifilus]

Inflammatory video of several US Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters has been uploaded to the internet. In the video, a soldier exclaims “Have a great day, buddy.” “You got it on the video?” someone asks. “Golden — like a shower!” another jokes, as the group desecrates the bodies.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/military-investigating-video-of-u-s-marines-urinating-on-corpses/

 

[Stitch]

Winning the hearts and minds once again.

 

[zagoshe]

Oh Christ. Why don't we send social workers over there so as to not hurt anyone's feelings.

 

[Alma]

Oh Christ. Why don't we send social workers over there so as to not hurt anyone's feelings.

We pay them less than social workers. Course, if we paid more, we might attract people other than the people we send, which are the equivalent to graduate assistants suddenly taking over a major college football teams.

 

[Football_Bat]

Was there asparagus in their MREs?

 

[Starman]

How much more "desecrated" can a body be after you kill it?

 

[zagoshe]

How much more "desecrated" can a body be after you kill it?

Bingo

 

[Beaker]

Whatever you think of the morality, it's just stupid.

 

[zagoshe]

Whatever you think of the morality, it's just stupid.

It was stupid. I think it is low class and low rent. I would hope we are better than that.

But I'm not thousands of miles away in a ****ing dessert with people shooting at me while I am fighting someone else's war either.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Barbaric.

There is the new Al Qaeda recruitment video.

Good work, fellas.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Whatever you think of the morality, it's just stupid.

It was stupid. I think it is low class and low rent. I would hope we are better than that.

But I'm not thousands of miles away in a ****ing dessert with people shooting at me while I am fighting someone else's war either.

Nothing justifies the behavior in that video.

 

[mb]

We're not really condoning this, are we?

 

[Stitch]

If the Taliban or Al Qaeda did this to an American, a majority of Americans would want nuclear bombs dropped.

 

[zagoshe]

Whatever you think of the morality, it's just stupid.

It was stupid. I think it is low class and low rent. I would hope we are better than that.

But I'm not thousands of miles away in a ****ing dessert with people shooting at me while I am fighting someone else's war either.

Nothing justifies the behavior in that video.

I'm not condoning or justifying.

It is a ****ing war, there are a lot of things we don't like about war.

And the idea that the sick **** wing of Islam/Arab/Al Qaeda needs that video or us torturing prisoners for that matter, to recruit new sick ****s is laughable.

They are ****ed up people and they ain't rational.

**** them.

 

[Starman]

Was shooting the video and posting it on YouTube (or however it got out) a real good idea?

No.

Do I really care?

No.

Would those inclined to radical Islamic violence be any more favorably disposed toward us if we were properly washing, anointing and preparing the bodies?

No.

So again, I don't really care.

Although I am sure some obsessive anti-government nuts will seize on it as yet another example of how absolutely anything and everything associated with the federal government is doomed to utter disaster.

 

[YGBFKM]

But I'm not thousands of miles away in a ****ing dessert with people shooting at me while I am fighting someone else's war either.

Yep. I'm not going to pretend to know what those soldiers are dealing with. Their behavior is miles from normal, but so are their lives.

 

[User 1019]

First, please correct the terminology. They are Marines; not Soldiers. Soldier implies a member of the U.S. Army. These are members of the Marine Corps. I understand it's probably all the same to you guys, but like the Lexington school system thing mattered to you guys, this one matters to me.

Second, what Ragu said. This behavior is deplorable and these Marines will likely face serious judicial punishment when identified.

Third, thanks again, Alma, for pretty much calling service members ditch diggers. This is about the third or fourth time you've made comments like that. I really appreciate it.

 

[Bubbler]

I trust TBF's opinion on this.

 

[YGBFKM]

Trust and agreement go hand in hand.

Sorry, tbf, I should know better. I will now go read a Coast Guard manual as penance.

 

[BTExpress]

We pay them less than social workers.

Once upon a time, maybe.

Not in 2012.