[pritchke]

Originally posted by Night Stalker: Pritchke, you are so full of ignorance and media hyped drivel about this topic that I have no idea how to how to address you.

How so?? My main points are:

1. The US military should inform the public how to approach checkpoints for the public good not doing so endangers the public. Then don't need to release procedures to tell people how to approach safely. This is just a failure to communicate. We can make the excuse that suicide bombers would do the same thing but then maybe they should stop, get out of there car a ways back from checkpoints, walk up to the checkpoint with a wave signal, have a couple soldiers inspect, then allow them back in there car to proceed if it all checks out. It isn't rocket science, innocents are being killed as a result of fear from suicide bombers.
2. Soldiers are not police, so we should not crap on them for not acting like police and we should not expect them to behave as such. If there was a line of communication open with the public that allowed both soldiers and citizens to behave a certain way than the soldiers would not kill so many citizens. This is not the soldiers fault but the higher ups that don't inform the public how to approach.
3. People who lose loved ones as a result of the failure to communicate have the right to be pissed.

Your right the rest of my post was hog wash and effect but I still would not approach a US checkpoint. Just as they fear the suicide bombers I truly fear they would shoot me and ask questions later.

If you feel that I speak out of ignorance than enlighten me, I am only going by all I have read above. Obviously there is a problem at checkpoints that needs to be addressed, I don't know if it is or isn't being addressed. The ignorance will persist if you say nothing.

From my prespective all lives are of equal value if they are not law breakers and killers out to do harm. Mind you the biggest ignorance of all is to have a problem, not be aware of a problem, or do nothing to prevent the problem from occuring again.

[ 03-11-2005, 03:41 PM: Message edited by: pritchke ]