Do you think that as a rational person you would beg for the chance to shoot someone, if he was incapacitated and on the ground? I will never deny that soldiers make tough choices, i just think that these guys who are in positions like the chopper gunner, seem to be oblivious of the fact that they are taking an actual human life based on the various videos i have seen. I understand that they are trained in such a way, as to not freak out like a civilian such as myself would if told i got to take a persons life, i dont expect that, but to sit there begging to shoot someone down who is unarmed (at that point) and incapacitated, is unjustifiable in my opinion.
You had said they were approaching friendly armies on the ground, so this may have been the situation and i am out of line, i just cant fathom the way war is waged these days in which these guys almost seem like they are playing a frigging video game. I am not arguing about the grunts, in fact what i was saying is that they are forced to see the death and destruction of war first hand, and thus are much more likely to make the proper decision when taking a persons life. What i was saying is that it is scary listening to someone who wants to/begged to mow down an unarmed person from miles away who was dying on the ground and didnt pose a threat to them.
I also am against the war in iraq, and i feel bad for having questioned soldiers out there as i will never know what they have been through or are forced to face, and what the decision to take a persons life feels like. That said i would not be begging my commander for a chance to mow down someone on the ground who posed no threat to me. The initial decision seems to be the right call as when he looks around the corner it looks like he has an RPG, i am complaining about what war has become more than complaining about these soldiers decisions, we are not very far removed from a scenario like the movies in which entire wars are based on robotic equipment, and basically what i was getting at is that the further we are removed from the process of taking a persons life the easier it becomes to make this decision.
You had said they were approaching friendly armies on the ground, so this may have been the situation and i am out of line, i just cant fathom the way war is waged these days in which these guys almost seem like they are playing a frigging video game. I am not arguing about the grunts, in fact what i was saying is that they are forced to see the death and destruction of war first hand, and thus are much more likely to make the proper decision when taking a persons life. What i was saying is that it is scary listening to someone who wants to/begged to mow down an unarmed person from miles away who was dying on the ground and didnt pose a threat to them.
I also am against the war in iraq, and i feel bad for having questioned soldiers out there as i will never know what they have been through or are forced to face, and what the decision to take a persons life feels like. That said i would not be begging my commander for a chance to mow down someone on the ground who posed no threat to me. The initial decision seems to be the right call as when he looks around the corner it looks like he has an RPG, i am complaining about what war has become more than complaining about these soldiers decisions, we are not very far removed from a scenario like the movies in which entire wars are based on robotic equipment, and basically what i was getting at is that the further we are removed from the process of taking a persons life the easier it becomes to make this decision.
