[Samwise]

Last week, as I watched televised images of angry Iraqis pelting U.S. soldiers with rocks when they arrived to assist those injured in suicide bombings at mosques, I couldn't help but wonder whether the presence of a sound weapon to disperse those crowds would just escalate hostilities.

Unbelievable.

[DBrow]

"Demonstrations" in the USA tend to be peaceful affairs, with yelling and hooting and lots of movement for sure, but in many parts of the world our troops (trained for military ops not "peacekeeping" police work) are faced with rock throwing, glass jars filled with liquid, and so forth.

That our troops have to face this when trying to help people is disgraceful.