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shamrock_uk · 05-09-2004, 05:28 AM

Very interesting and informative Chewie. It looks like heads should roll high up. A culture of "never mind the geneva convention if we can get our information" does seem to pervade amongst the intelligence community, although clearly there were a few individual soldiers who you wouldn't call 'nice people'. But it looks like most were just caught up in a deteriorating and poorly planned situation and didn't have the training and discipline to cope.

A question then to further the discussion: does behaviour like this stem from the fact that the US army is often the employer of last resort in these small town areas?

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05-09-2004, 05:28 AM	#60
shamrock_uk Dracolich Join Date: January 24, 2004 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 3,092	Very interesting and informative Chewie. It looks like heads should roll high up. A culture of "never mind the geneva convention if we can get our information" does seem to pervade amongst the intelligence community, although clearly there were a few individual soldiers who you wouldn't call 'nice people'. But it looks like most were just caught up in a deteriorating and poorly planned situation and didn't have the training and discipline to cope. A question then to further the discussion: does behaviour like this stem from the fact that the US army is often the employer of last resort in these small town areas? [ 05-09-2004, 05:29 AM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]