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It's gruesome, but I don't agree that desecration of bodies is evil. War is war. If the person is already dead, they do not feel anything. If they were killing
by Kaveren 8y ago
It's gruesome, but I don't agree that desecration of bodies is evil. War is war. If the person is already dead, they do not feel anything. If they were killing and trying to kill your people, it's understandable. So it is disrespectful and gruesome, yes, but what more? I don't think it's a major issue at all. I don't care that SEALs are cruel to the bodies of combatants.
Killing civilians is entirely different, and that's extremely serious. Torturing innocent people is entirely different (though the SEALs were not directly involved in this to my knowledge).
- jancsika 8y agoNot Navy SEALs, but Army Rangers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Khataba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Khataba Does the killing and attempted coverup described there rise to your category of "extremely serious?"
- Kaveren 8y agoI don't know if this is a genuine question or attempting to catch me on hypocrisy. Yes, that's egregious, why wouldn't it be? I was talking about the desecration of dead bodies of enemy combatants which people make a big deal about it. I specifically mentioned that killing civilians (five were killed in the raid you mentioned) was entirely different. Trying to destroy evidence that you murdered civilians by removing bullets from their bodies is not remotely the same as desecration of a body.