American sniper hung out to dry (DISGRACE !!)

NY Daily News ^ | 03/30/2008 | MARCIA DREZON-TEPLER

[Kid Shelleen]

On a mountain ridge in Afghanistan in June 2005, on a mission to capture or kill a Taliban commander, the four Navy SEALs were discussing ... the American media. Three shepherds, including a 14-year-old, had crossed their path, and the SEALs had to decide what to do: kill them, or let them go and risk exposure to Taliban forces.

On elevated ground near Iskandariyah, Iraq, two years later, American snipers faced the same dilemma: kill or release two civilians who had discovered their hideout, Genei Nesir Khudair al-Janabi and his 17-year-old son, Mustafa.

[Jotmo]

A great example of this is the movie "Bravo Two Zero". It's a true story of a British Special Forces unit who were discovered by a shepherd boy while on a covert mission deep in enemy territory during the first gulf war. Only three of the 8 survived. On made it to the border on foot, the other two were captured and tortured.

After they were ratted on by the boy, they fought a running battle with the Iraqis in which they killed hundreds of men. Their mission was to destroy some remote communications equipment that would not have even involved any casualties.

So if they would have killed the kid, they would have saved their own lives, and many of enemy lives as well.

[freema]

Well, they made a liar out of me today...another MOH awarded.
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