Quote Originally Posted by bigric09
I honestly feel as though the military should work in secrecy. The less we are in the public eye, the more we can carry out. It has only been since Iraq kicked off and the media being embedded has their been so many issues with things. Its war... and when you are the only one playing by the geneva conventions rules, things get a little lost in translation. I am coming from the Special Ops community where i get to work for the most part in secrecy... amazingly enough the only time you hear about us is when a mistake is made which is honestly a journalistic dream which usually turns out to be a bunch of BS later on in the research portion, but the damage had already been done. In saying this, it means you dont hear anything about the good that is done. Even now, you never will. Good news doesnt sell newspapers. And lets not forget, the people over their fighting are tax payers as well. I send 600 a month to taxes each month which is amazingly enough 1/5th of my paycheck.

Its not for you to JUDGE anything that goes on over there... until you can get out of your arm chair, put on some boots and get them dusty, your judging priviledges are non existant. That is why we have the geneva convention, that is why we put our own selves on trial and punish ourselves. Its an internal operation. Again, noone else plays these same games that we do.

What makes me laugh the most about your post, is that above you say "in MY company" .... well, you dont have one, nor will you ever. You will never be put in that position so its easy to stand on the outside and look in and say i would of this, i would of that...... but you dont know anything until you are there. I guess i can talk until im blue in the face... but i have 4 trips over, so i guess im afforded that right, however, you guys who have never gone will only read and not hear.



I have not seen the video. Lets get that out of the way first.




But from the sounds of it, a soldier was the one taping it, why you would ever tape that is sick and demented. If you are going to do it for the dog's sake then do it quick and do not glorify it.


Anyone with a brain will see that the action reflects directly on those filming it, not the military.



I respect the military to the utmost degree for what they have to do. But i do not understand when people in the military get defensive and point at those who are civilians and call them lazy or not dedicated enough because they are not enlisted. You obviously joined the military for a reson, because you wanted to do it. No one forced you, it wasn't a draft to go to Iraq. Thats why i don't get why you would get high and mighty about the situation.


I agree to a degree that the Military should have more freedom to do what is necessary to get the job done but the people need to know what is going on. The people need to know facts though and the overall picture, not certain small instances that are blown up to the make the military look worse. The media is a bunch of shock jockey's that blow up anything that will increase viewers, i agree that it sucks, but it is the nature of the beast

At the end of the day its a job that you signed up for, its a path that you chose. And i respect you for the path you chose, but that respect is lost when you use your life to look down on me for the path i have chosen.