U.S. soldier kills 16 Afghan civilians

FredHayek wrote: It does look like he is showing proper remorse. Would it have been better to turn him over to the Afghans for trial? Or would that have been bad for morale? And establish a dangerous precedent.

Gee, what *IS* the going-rate "proper remorse" for killing 16 unarmed, innocent men, women, children and seniors these days?... I forget....? A couple of "Hail Mary's", a few "Our Fathers", and a couple of "I'm sorry's"? (So far as I can tell, "I'm sorry" wasn't part of the dialogue.)

WAR....for the mall crawlers is not a polite business.......

LadyJazzer wrote:

FredHayek wrote: It does look like he is showing proper remorse. Would it have been better to turn him over to the Afghans for trial? Or would that have been bad for morale? And establish a dangerous precedent.

Gee, what *IS* the going-rate "proper remorse" for killing 16 unarmed, innocent men, women, children and seniors these days?... I forget....? A couple of "Hail Mary's", a few "Our Fathers", and a couple of "I'm sorry's"? (So far as I can tell, "I'm sorry" wasn't part of the dialogue.)

Wow! More bitter? Showing remorse is considered by judges when sentencing.

deltamrey wrote: WAR....for the mall crawlers is not a polite business.......

Neither is senseless MURDER of innocent civilians.

Save your "He was a soldier" garbage for someone who cares.

FredHayek wrote:

LadyJazzer wrote:

FredHayek wrote: It does look like he is showing proper remorse. Would it have been better to turn him over to the Afghans for trial? Or would that have been bad for morale? And establish a dangerous precedent.

Gee, what *IS* the going-rate "proper remorse" for killing 16 unarmed, innocent men, women, children and seniors these days?... I forget....? A couple of "Hail Mary's", a few "Our Fathers", and a couple of "I'm sorry's"? (So far as I can tell, "I'm sorry" wasn't part of the dialogue.)

Wow! More bitter? Showing remorse is considered by judges when sentencing.

[He] said he couldn't explain why he did it.

Maybe you've got a different definition of "remorse" than I do... That doesn't even remotely resemble "remorse" in my vocabulary.

Bitter?.... For killing 16 unarmed, innocent men, women, children and seniors, for no apparent reason?... You damned right I'm bitter...

deltamrey wrote: WAR....for the mall crawlers is not a polite business.......

But with the clueless US rules of engagement we are trying to be more polite. LJ you are so horrified by this soldier snapping what about when Obama's drones strike innocents?

Deflect much?...

If you can't tell the difference between unintended collateral-damage from a drone strike, and outright deliberate murder by a PoS that says "He doesn't know why he did it", I wonder how you get through the day...

How tiresome... You forgot a reference to "IRS" .... :smurf: