Poll - Trigger Happy?

[mcwillis]

[Original Poster]

Holy fucking shit. I'm not so concerned with the excessive force as much as the falsifying of data. When I play Red Orchestra (Ostfront 41-45) I'll plug a round or two in the direction of artillery and machine gun fire. In combat, failure to assess threats immediately can result in casualties. The chain of command should have been aware of that, they should not exaggerate enemy activity because that's highly dangerous and disruptive to intelligence gatherers. Speaking from a purely militaristic point of view, this is a war crime. It not only endangers civilians but inaccuracy of enemy activity also endangers allied military. Haven't these fuckers read Art of War?

[dajo]

Can someone give a tl;dw? I can't watch videos.

[Original Poster]

This is testimony from a Sergeant who served 3 terms in Iraq. On his third term he asked to be part of an intelligence gathering unit working on the ground. He claims the stories of corruption he could provide could not fit in the time allotted for testimony but one such story included was of four badly placed enemy rounds being recorded and then thousands and thousands of rounds being fired back from machine guns, as well as structure-leveling explosives. His superior, believing his stance against the war effected the accuracy of his findings, rewrote the report to include a more adequate enemy exchange. He also claimed that throughout all three terms him and his men were given permission to shoot any Iraq "they didn't like" or feel comfortable around, with protection from their superiors from any repercussion.

[Alric]

The problem is really about having the army sitting around and fighting inside cities. That is a real quick way to level cities, and of course people are dying all over the place. All the ammo they are using will shoot right through walls and kill innocent people on the other side of buildings. This is a good example of why we shouldn't have an army there at all, and why instead they need a police presence.