I saw this first on Gawker of all places. It shows US soldiers playing a prank by planting a grenade in an unsuspecting Iraqi's car.
Bad joke.
Hmm, makes me wonder where the leadership was and why this was allowed. Anyway, judge for yourself. What I do know for a fact is this. Unless the guy that was playing the prank was an extremely fast talker this Iraqi could have ended up real dead, or at the very least beat to a few inches of his life.
Again. Bad joke.
I would always ask do we really know the context and the story behind the story but on face value what a bunch of idiots.
ReplyDeleteForget the practical issues what about respect, how this could be perceived by a wider audience or even trying not to look like bullies with guns.
Actually this is what was going on:
ReplyDeletehttp://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/06/iraqi-reality-tv-show-plants-bombs-in-celebrities-trunks/?hpt=C2
I guess the Iraqi troops look a lot like US troops since you gave them old US gear. I heard a couple of reports of US troops bellowing orders at what they thought were their own men, only to find an Iraqi who spoke no English there instead.
Iraqi troops my ASS!
ReplyDeleteThat's my fucking brigade patch on his arm. Bunch of idiots that made my life harder on combat missions.
NO Iraqi has a PEQ-4 or M-4. NO Iraqi would wear a US Flag, I would kick their ass, NO Iraqi would think this is funny.
There is no excuse. This type of shit gets people killed