FFS, thanks your jebus that WWII wasn't fought with handheld video cameras as pussyfooted commenters concerned that we desecrated the fvvcking ENEMY would have demanded we stopped fighting after Midway, if not sooner.

TL;DR: More blowback.

Pft. Piss on all of 'em.

(01-12-2012 12:04 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  2 sets of rules. Why are there always 2 sets of rules?

We have one set of rules. If the other guy breaks them, we should feel superior. It should only ever be the _other guy_ who breaks them.

"It is easier for civilized men to act like barbarians than for barbarians to act like civilized men."

http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/135260/

(01-12-2012 01:19 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  In some countries a defeated enemy often has select body parts cut out and eaten.

And winner for morbid fact of the day.

Unfortunate and distasteful. They should be punished. Something that stings enough to get their attention but not to ruin careers over.

The lesson here is that even US Marines aren't immune to the perils of the internet age. Who's bright idea was it to video it? Doesn't everyone know by now that if it gets uploaded ANYWHERE it gets loaded EVERYWHERE?