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Subject: SAS soldier quits Army in disgust at 'illegal' American tactics in Iraq
angryjohn    3/13/2006 10:52:12 AM
This is not meant to be an anti US (thugs) pro Brit (hero) thread, let me make this clear. I am certain the US and UK troops use a variety of different tactics, some conventional, some closer to the bone. However this paints a worrying picture in Iraq to the people at home. My question to SP readers is. Did this trooper make a valid decision? When is it right to disobey orders on moral grounds? Are SF more likely to use unconventional methods and therefore be slightly more relaxed on moral grounds. This is a cross nation SF question, not SAS, Delta, GSG9 thing. http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/12/nsas12.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/03/12/ixhome.html
 
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kjetski    RE:American non-professionalism?   4/4/2006 4:17:28 PM
But the Marines video is a self-sufficient evidence. -snip- Evidence of what? That jarheads can make a video? That video which I have seen was evidence of nothing.
 
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JTR~~    really who are we to comment   3/18/2010 2:14:06 PM

this brave soldier has probably seen more things in his career than we would ever want to see in a lifetime, give the man some credit and appreciation, it is his choice and he should not be blamed for taking that decision, as i believe the article said he did not want to die fighting for american foreign policy which is to an extent what he was doing, so in my opinion it is fair enough, good on the bloke for not being afraid to speak up

 
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