tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-95738970217731354.post7096528357365278824..comments2023-12-28T02:52:31.067-08:00Comments on Went 2 the Bridge: Morally Bankrupt: Collective Punishment of Children in AfghanistanLisa Savagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06319699936783253064noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-95738970217731354.post-57181763533583946742012-04-02T07:24:23.816-07:002012-04-02T07:24:23.816-07:00U.S. Marines Stripped
of Guns During Panetta Addre...U.S. Marines Stripped<br />of Guns During Panetta Address <br /><br />GunAuction.com - Less than a week after a U.S. staff sergeant allegedly massacred 16 civilians in Kandahar, Afghanistan, American soldiers were banned from bringing guns into a talk by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, at a base in Helmand province. More...<br />The point of this story, Lisa, is that the rule in a "zone of hostilities" or whatever they call it is you have to take your weapon with you wherever you go, even if you never come within a mile of a local person or never leave your huge base. It's like your ID card. You don't have to carry your ID card, but you have to carry your weapon. In 2004 at least, in Iraq, but photos I've seen recently of a guy I know who went to Afghanistan last year showed him with his rifle on a strap on his shoulder: does a cook need a rifle inside a US base?<br />So apparently SSG Bales is being a good NCO by taking the heat for his troops, and President Obama is honoring his personal sacrifice. It's hard to believe they have a course in law school called "professional responsibility". What if medical schools had a course called "kindness"? First day of class: "OK, how many of you people care about people?"chrisrushlauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11432949074147807503noreply@blogger.com