Thread: Unrest in Iraq, is anyone surprised?

I'm glad to see a Marine on here! I graduated from USMC OCS last summer but decided that I'm not going to go through with the commissioning after all. Instead I'm gonna join the Navy and go to BUDs!!! I used to be on here a lot but I got burned out on it a couple years ago. I think you and I are like minded, though. I would typically find myself defending my views about war and the military alone against an onslaught of haters. It's usually invigorating at first but then it inevitably deteriorates into mind numbing arguments about trivial matters.

Originally Posted by Xei

Wasn't aware of the details about this. As far as I'm concerned this in itself is hideous morally; what if your commander starts ordering you to kill civilians without reason? There's a fine line and by making it illegal to quit you discourage troops from acting morally. But still, 18 months in prison is not in itself a legitimate reason to kill innocents.

It's called an unlawful order. You will be court martialed for following an order that you know to be unlawful. Nobody in the United States military is making a practice of killing innocent civilians and getting away with it. It kills me how many people think that's whats going on.

Originally Posted by Xei

Oh of course, continuing to kill people for what you know are illegitimate reasons out of practical/financial considerations is perfectly okay.

Not even worse.

Sorry ethics, I can't stop stuffing Jews into this furnace until I get my paycheck on Friday.

Why are you comparing this situation to the Nazis? Why must everyone equate what they perceive as evil to Nazism? In one situation, unarmed prisoners are being systematically murdered, in the other, armed combatants are being engaged and killed in battle (a mutual attempt to kill each other.) I'm sure MarineRecon can tell you all about the rules of engagement.