Truth is I can't really tell what's going on in the video. This is not moral disengagement; I really can't tell what (or whom) they're shooting and throwing grenades at. This video is weak evidence, at best, that these guys were engaged in any sort of war crimes.
Well, it's not like this is the evidence that the charges were based on. Guess you haven't been following this story in the news. The story (soldiers taunted prisoners by burning a Koran in front of them, then when those prisoners started hurling dirt clumps at them, they began firing live ammunition at them) was deplorable enough without first-hand video of PART of the event.
I admit I haven't been following the story -- this is another problem with the Internet -- we only get flashes of issues; it takes work to look for the bigger picture, and we're cognitive misers. FAIL on my part.
Truth is I can't really tell what's going on in the video. This is not moral disengagement; I really can't tell what (or whom) they're shooting and throwing grenades at. This video is weak evidence, at best, that these guys were engaged in any sort of war crimes.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's not like this is the evidence that the charges were based on. Guess you haven't been following this story in the news. The story (soldiers taunted prisoners by burning a Koran in front of them, then when those prisoners started hurling dirt clumps at them, they began firing live ammunition at them) was deplorable enough without first-hand video of PART of the event.
ReplyDeleteI admit I haven't been following the story -- this is another problem with the Internet -- we only get flashes of issues; it takes work to look for the bigger picture, and we're cognitive misers. FAIL on my part.
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