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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 11:44 am
by Leisher
Pissing on corpses.
That's tasteless, but there's something about it anyone can understand. Young men showing their dominance over folks who are trying to kill them. It's not hard to figure out.
Posting it on YouTube? Fucking ignorant.
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:02 pm
by GORDON
I never said they were really smart.
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:25 pm
by thibodeaux
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:10 pm
by GORDON
Heh, apparently the Marines were in 3/2, in the Regiment I used to be stationed in. 3/2 = 3rd Battallion 2nd Marine Regiment.
This article is full of government officials having opinions about the video, all of them shocked and disgusted and dismayed.
http://www.cnn.com/2012....t=hp_t1
I want just *one* *single* *official* to say, "Yes, killing them is fine, be it filling them full of lead or blowing them into little bits, but urinating on them is crossing the line."
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:52 pm
by thibodeaux
Well, it's all about winning hearts and minds. As long as we're very polite in our killing, I guess that wins hearts and minds.
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:31 pm
by GORDON
Sometimes it is easy to see the point Colonel Kurtz was trying to make.
Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 8:14 am
by Paul
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 2:33 pm
by Leisher
This poor bastard.
(The poster isn't allowing embedding.)
How often did you see this Gordon?
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 3:32 pm
by GORDON
Holy shit.
I've seen some near-misses, and they have a little thing for those and it is a crowd pleaser. I have never seen a complete disaster like a dropped weapon, though, and certainly I have never seen a weapon break. I don't have any idea what the punishment, if any, would be.
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 5:40 pm
by thibodeaux
Wow. I always wondered what they did if somebody messed up. A key component of showmanship is taking that shit in stride.
BTW, are those M-1s or M-14s?
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:16 pm
by GORDON
I THINK they are M-1s. If I got a closer look I'd know for sure.