US Soldiers Trophies of War...

[Flash]

Anyone watch this program last night on Channel 5…?

Barbaric behaviour by the US Soldiers who all got kicks out filming live killings/shootings taking place and filming dead bodies which were being abused and much more. They even “confiscated” a van of a civilian so that they could go hunting for sheeps to have a barbecue and were shouting out to people to move out of their way and asking prisoners to smile for their personal video cameras.

Absolutely disgusting and disturbing....

 

[Satch]

Deeply unpleasant things have always happened in war. Just that those involved on the ground never really had the opportunity to record & distribute on such a global scale. Sadly, that appears to be the real concern of the top brass right now, not that it actually happens in the first place.

Quite a bit of filming goes on because the kit is now relatively cheap and easy to use.. £175 quid gets you a helmet cam capable of operating at 0.05 Lux and all you need is a camcorder with an AV in facilty

http://www.actionson.co.uk/ops-cameras-pt-65-s-0.html

http://www.actionson.co.uk/stealth-cam-pt-66-s-0.html

 

[KosherBenz]

war is never nice. It brings out the worst in all.

 

[Silvertank]

war is never nice. It brings out the worst in all.

...and for good reason.

 

[glojo]

war is never nice. It brings out the worst in all.

and what some folks fail to realise is that it takes two to tango!! I wonder just how strongly the media influences any conflict?

It is fashionable to report on certain areas, but where are the damning images on Chechnya, or Tibet?

Do documentaries give a balanced fair impression of any issue?

John

 

[Motard]

and what some folks fail to realise is that it takes two to tango!! I wonder just how strongly the media influences any conflict?

It is fashionable to report on certain areas, but where are the damning images on Chechnya, or Tibet?

Do documentaries give a balanced fair impression of any issue?

John

Don't even need to go that far John. I intended to mention what happens to prisoners taken by Afghans but I think it would quite rightly seriously disturb a lot of members of this forum. War is a terrible thing and believe me nobody wants to be there. Give a thought to the coalition soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan who may die tomorrow and for what?