You pansy.
If this actually took place, it should be condemned.
Actually I thought it was appropriate, otherwise those bodies may begin to STINK.
Piss on Penetta.
Taliban Corpsemen?
It is an action that is going to damn these otherwise fine young men and their careers,they should not have done it and they should certainly not have filmed it.
I don’t have a single problem with this. Our soldiers are trained killers. It’s what they do and they’re damn good at it. What’s next? A front page story about them not holding their pinkies out when drinking tea?
Piss on the Taliban...
I agree pissing on them is not shall we say best practice unless they were uberjews(pissors) They should have faked pig fat bullets and then wrapped them in pork and burned them.
These Marines were pissing on dead enemies - which is forbidden going back to the Lieber Code of 1863.
Art. 47.
Crimes punishable by all penal codes, such as arson, murder, maiming, assaults, highway robbery, theft, burglary, fraud, forgery, and rape, if committed by an American soldier in a hostile country against its inhabitants, are not only punishable as at home, but in all cases in which death is not inflicted, the severer punishment shall be preferred.
Art.71.
Whoever intentionally inflicts additional wounds on an enemy already wholly disabled, or kills such an enemy, or who orders or encourages soldiers to do so, shall suffer death, if duly convicted, whether he belongs to the Army of the United States, or is an enemy captured after having committed his misdeed.
Art. 75.
Prisoners of war are subject to confinement or imprisonment such as may be deemed necessary on account of safety, but they are to be subjected to no other intentional suffering or indignity. The confinement and mode of treating a prisoner may be varied during his captivity according to the demands of safety.
The UCMJ:
893. ART. 93. CRUELTY AND MALTREATMENT
Any person subject to this chapter who is guilty of cruelty toward, or oppression or maltreatment of, any person subject to his orders shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
912. ART. 112. DRUNK ON DUTY
Any person subject to this chapter other than a sentinel or look-out, who is found drunk on duty, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
934. ART. 134. GENERAL ARTICLE
Though not specifically mentioned in this chapter, all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the armed forces, all conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces, and crimes and offenses not capital, of which persons subject to this chapter may be guilty, shall be taken cognizance of by a general, special or summary court-martial, according to the nature and degree of the offense, and shall be punished at the discretion of that court.
So, as you can see, there is a real difference between a symbolic act of defiance and desecration of a dead enemy. Patton understood this point. Patton fought hard but fair.
“completely inhumane” B.S., inhumane is when you hurt an innocent animal to watch it die. These animals were already dead. These soldiers don’t owe Taliban fighters any respect.
(still don’t know why someone has to film this stuff, it only serves to bite them later)
“He telephoned Afghan President Hamid Karzai and pledged a full investigation.”
Why would Karzai care what happens to a bunch of Taliban who would love nothing better than to cut off his head on live TV? If we leave thats probably what will happen.
She made a Panetta "deplorable" speech also about the Marine video.
Don’t homo’s do this for fun?
Where’s the outrage over that from the lefties?
These men (or boys) were not in uniform. They were not even wearing part of a uniform. These dead were not conscripted; they did not choose to serve in the armed forces of their nation. These people were killing and maiming Americans for the joy of it.
I wouldn’t go out of my way to desecrate Taliban bodies, but these people earned no special respect from the United States of America. Let them rot where they fall.
Bring American soldiers home. Afghans don’t want us any more than they wanted the Russians. They’ve covertly or openly supported the Taliban, so let them all grow poppies and have their tribal wars together. We tried to help them. We succeeded in offering help; Afghanistan failed to take advantage of our generous and sacrificial offer. Time to come home. P*** on them all.
They should have crapped on them also but give them all a medal!!
It's not like these guys were dumping classified state department cables all over the internet. Now that's something to get REAL PISSED a... oh wait.
I don’t condemn the activities nor would I encourage it.
“I don’t remember Mr. Panetta saying anything about beheading, dismembering, burning, and/or dragging Americans through the streets.”
I agree.
Never thought it would happen: something Panetta and I agree on.