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Originally posted by solo1
America's armed forces are not moral they have proven it from time to time
over and over again. This may reflect on Americans in general their humanity may well have gone down the drain.
Originally posted by Wifiman
Originally posted by groingrinder
With the current situation, the government has had to lower it's standards dramatically. Gang members and other low life criminals are now admitted into the military when they would not be allowed to join previously.
Shame on the so called good men in service for not sticking up and protecting the females. If I knew someone in my unit had raped somebody of the same unit I would shoot them myself. Ditto with known gang members.
[edit on 8-2-2008 by groingrinder]
Gang members who actively seek out military service must be made of different fiber than the general populous of gang members. Since those supposed "lowlifes" arn't being drafted, they must have volunteered, therefore meaning they have had a change of heart and attitude. Everyone deserves a second chance. Just because they have a bad background does not mean they arn't redeemable. Look at the comedian Tim Allen, he was in prision for manslaughter. You think he is a moral inbread incapabie of compassion or rational thought?
Originally posted by Wifiman
Originally posted by groingrinder
With the current situation, the government has had to lower it's standards dramatically. Gang members and other low life criminals are now admitted into the military when they would not be allowed to join previously.
Shame on the so called good men in service for not sticking up and protecting the females. If I knew someone in my unit had raped somebody of the same unit I would shoot them myself. Ditto with known gang members.
[edit on 8-2-2008 by groingrinder]
Gang members who actively seek out military service must be made of different fiber than the general populous of gang members. Since those supposed "lowlifes" arn't being drafted, they must have volunteered, therefore meaning they have had a change of heart and attitude. Everyone deserves a second chance. Just because they have a bad background does not mean they arn't redeemable. Look at the comedian Tim Allen, he was in prision for manslaughter. You think he is a moral inbread incapabie of compassion or rational thought?
Originally posted by LateApexer313
You know what makes me sick about a thread like this? To name a few things...how about Al Queda dragging the corpses of our soldiers through the streets of Iraq, burned, battered and tortured?
How about the beheading of a journalist on Arab television? How about the first capture of a female American military woman in Iraq, in a convoy, back broken, shot, stabbed and raped in an Iraqi hospital, having to be rescued by what was it, NAVY SEALS??
How about comparing the numbers of our soldier's wrongdoings compared to ANY guerrilla, insurgent, terrorist, or any other military force in the world????
Threads like this make me sick....
Originally posted by poet1b
Um, these numbers are from women in a hospital. Of course there will be a higher number of rape victims in the hospital than in normal society. Don't they normally hospitalize rape victims. In addition, in a hospital there will be a higher number of psych cases who will say what ever. In addition, there will be a higher number of women looking to take advantage of the situation by what ever means.
Women in a hospital don't represent the average woman in the military.
In addition, being that the numbers of men to women are grossly out of match with the normal demographics, it also means that the number of men who are rapist, due to the 10 times factor of men to women, will be much higher with the percentage of women in the field, so it makes sense that there will be a higher percentage of women rape victims in the military.
Take a survey among a group where the number of rape victims is likely to he higher, combined with a situation where there is more likely to be a higher percentage of rape victims, and guess what, you get an inflated, grossly over estimated, number of rape victims.
Originally posted by Vasilis Azoth
I'm not shocked in the least by their behavior.
These are people who VOLUTEERED to kill other people.
What kind of morality does one expect from murderers?
I once heard it takes something like 17 soldiers not on the line to support one who is on the line. I consider those other 17 to be accesories to murder.
Originally posted by jerico65
Originally posted by Vasilis Azoth
I'm not shocked in the least by their behavior.
These are people who VOLUTEERED to kill other people.
What kind of morality does one expect from murderers?
I once heard it takes something like 17 soldiers not on the line to support one who is on the line. I consider those other 17 to be accesories to murder.
Well, in wartime, soldiers don't murder. They kill. There is a difference.
And obviously by the tone of your post, you've never been associated with the military in any way, shape or form. Please keep it that way.
Originally posted by jerico65
Well, in wartime, soldiers don't murder. They kill. There is a difference.
And obviously by the tone of your post, you've never been associated with the military in any way, shape or form. Please keep it that way.
Originally posted by solo1
I do not mean to denigrate The Us Military, America has the best and most moral army in the world.
Unfortunately that Morality is found in the draftee Army, not the paint ballers association NTL guard ,and the regulars.
Originally posted by re22666
American Soldiers kill in war, not murder...
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Originally posted by Vasilis Azoth
I'm not christian but I accept that the 10 commandments are the rules by which a civilization must abide by if it wishes to survive.
"Thou shalt not kill."
That's what it says right?
So, I hear all the time that the U.S. is a "christian" nation. That being the case could you christian americans explain to me why you ignore your GOD given rules when it comes to war?
Killing is murder. I'm disgusted that there are so many barbarians left in my world that don't understand that.