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Topic: death recommended for GI'S
kingbreeze Joined Tue 08/29/06 Posts: 7600	Sat 09/02/06 09:19 PM
what do you think about the recent recommendation of the lawyers to recommend the death penalty for the GI's accused of murdering the men at what their orders said was an AL QUEDA training facility

mrfrisky Joined Fri 09/01/06 Posts: 8	Sat 09/02/06 09:25 PM
isnt there enuff killing,but we need to stop the terrist attacks

kingbreeze Joined Tue 08/29/06 Posts: 7600	Sat 09/02/06 09:29 PM
that was the thing, there orders were to go to this training facility and to kill every military aged male. when they got there they were attacked and the gi's killed all of them and now the government wants to put them to death for following the orders they were givin. i think it's bullshit, you can't give a soldier an order and hold him responsible for carrying it out

SteveJarvis Joined Fri 08/25/06 Posts: 305	Sat 09/02/06 09:29 PM
I think that is retarded.

SteveJarvis Joined Fri 08/25/06 Posts: 305	Sat 09/02/06 09:30 PM
OK, I am in the AF, and there is definately something as an illegal order... that being said, you need troops to follow orders. This will simply set a very bad precendent if it goes through.

kingbreeze Joined Tue 08/29/06 Posts: 7600	Sat 09/02/06 09:35 PM
if it was an illegal order though shouldn't the one who gave the order be responsible?

mrfrisky Joined Fri 09/01/06 Posts: 8	Sat 09/02/06 09:37 PM
That is just sad,kingbreese.you give some one an order.then persucut,that person for folling orders. when your in the military,you follow orders.or someone dies

SteveJarvis Joined Fri 08/25/06 Posts: 305	Sat 09/02/06 09:42 PM
technically both are responsible. There is this thing called LOAC, which stands for Law of Armed Conflict and all soldiers are briefed on it. Just because you get an order, it does not mean you are exhonerated from using good judgement. But again, the death penalty is ridiculous.

kingbreeze Joined Tue 08/29/06 Posts: 7600	Sat 09/02/06 09:44 PM
i understand that but would be the LOAC on an order to go into an enemy trainig facility? the soldiers involved said they were attacked and that it was in self defense

mrfrisky Joined Fri 09/01/06 Posts: 8	Sat 09/02/06 09:46 PM
LOAC,what does that mean

SteveJarvis Joined Fri 08/25/06 Posts: 305	Sat 09/02/06 09:47 PM
I don't know enough about the case. But honestly, if that is true, they are going to get off easy.

kingbreeze Joined Tue 08/29/06 Posts: 7600	Sat 09/02/06 09:54 PM
i hope so. it's admirable that they made all these rules to war to protect the innocent but where is the justice for all of the countries that don't practice it? i remember an issue way back that US troops were shooting at their mosques but the damn fighters were using them as sniper nests, what kind of idiotic shit is that

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