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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:28:45 -0700
From: Mike Hale <eyeronic.design@...il.com>
To: noloader@...il.com
Cc: "full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk" <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [OT] Obama said: "American people understand
that not everybody's been following the rules"
Obviously not.
Again. They looked like they had weapons. The pilots weren't
wondering...they were sure they saw weapons.
They then engaged what appeared to be a clear threat to other US
forces nearby.
The pilots acted exactly as they should have, given the information
presented to them. This was a war zone, not a country club.
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader@...il.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 2:19 AM, Mike Hale <eyeronic.design@...il.com> wrote:
>> Except that they weren't obviously unarmed.
>>
>> Not only where they not obviously unarmed, they appeared to be armed.
>>
>> Look at the 4 minute mark.
>>
>> That sure as shit looks like an RPG.
>>
>> The crew thought the group was armed. Ergo, they were cleared to engage.
>>
>> This wasn't a war crime...and the allegation that it was just makes
>> people look ridiculous.
> Listen to yourself: we weren't sure if they were armed, so we killed
> them. Put yourself and your family in the shoes of the dead folks. Its
> not a comfortable place to be, is it?
>
> Jeff
>
>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:05 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:44:44 PDT, Mike Hale said:
>>>> Seriously! Think about the injustice of having American helicopters
>>>> engage armed individuals shadowing American soldiers.
>>>
>>> Shooting at "armed individuals" is one thing. If it's "civilians and Reuters
>>> employees" who *aren't* obviously armed, it's something else.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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