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Insurgents might do all those things, but the people in van made no moves to go for any weapons. Considering they are happy to watch the injured guy to see if h
by greendestiny 17y ago
Insurgents might do all those things, but the people in van made no moves to go for any weapons. Considering they are happy to watch the injured guy to see if he goes for a weapon, there is no reason they couldn't have waited to see if the van people went for weapons. They misreported the situation on the radio, making it seem like the people in van were picking up bodies and weapons - but they are just surmising that's what the people in van's intentions were. I think that ought to incur some kind of disciplinary response.
- jcnnghm 17y agoI don't think you understood why the gunner was watching the injured guy. At 8:29 of the 17:47 video he says "Come on, buddy. All you gotta do is pick up a weapon." From his tone and inflection it seems pretty clear to me he wants to engage the guy because he's severely hurt, certainly going to die, and probably suffering. He can't engage him because he's unarmed, so he wants him to go for some kind of a weapon because he wants to put the guy out of his misery.
- illumin8 17y agoThat's not even what I got. What I got was that the gunner had his adrenaline pumping and wanted to kill. He was clearly wanting to kill the remaining survivor, and just waiting for the opportunity. Putting him out of his misery? Please...
- jcnnghm 17y agoMaybe you're seeing something that isn't there because you've got a political agenda, kind of like Wikileaks.