[Specop_007]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('katkinkate', 'W')hat's the difference between a beheading and a bullet to the brain? You're just as dead either way and neither is as painful as many other ways to go. A sword/machette or a gun? Neither is more or less honourable or humane.

Is the outrage because of the method or the (assumed) nationality/race of the victim?

[OZ_DOC]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', '
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And how many Islamofacists are awaiting jail time for chopping off peoples heads?
*crickets*

Thought so.

[Specop_007]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OZ_DOC', '
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A lot fewer probably since coalition troops busted 150 prisoners of them out of a sovereign Iraqi prison on thursday. There are plenty of them in custody, so far nobody has a clue what theyve done because not one of them has actually been charged or tried yet. I agree every single one of them should have the full force of the law brought down on them. But so should the US fascist terrrorists who view baseball batting iraqi captives kneecaps out as a form of sport.

[katkinkate]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('katkinkate', 'W')hat's the difference between a beheading and a bullet to the brain? You're just as dead either way and neither is as painful as many other ways to go. A sword/machette or a gun? Neither is more or less honourable or humane.

Is the outrage because of the method or the (assumed) nationality/race of the victim?

[Specop_007]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('katkinkate', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('katkinkate', 'W')hat's the difference between a beheading and a bullet to the brain? You're just as dead either way and neither is as painful as many other ways to go. A sword/machette or a gun? Neither is more or less honourable or humane.

Is the outrage because of the method or the (assumed) nationality/race of the victim?

[venky]

Agree with you somewhat speckles. Shudder to think human beings can do that to each other. A bullet to the head is a far better way to die.

But I dont think the US can really claim the high ground here. What about those who have had their limbs blown apart by daisy cutter bombs? Most likely a slow painful death, or a life in perpetual agony as a cripple. What about the depleted uranium? The Iraqi's will suffer the effects of that for generations to come. And it was the US that invaded Iraq, not the other way around.

If I lost the freedom of my country to a foreign power, I would be pretty mad. I dont think I would care that much about giving my enemies, the occupiers or their collaborators a swift or painless death, although I would not stoop to barbarism.

[Cool Hand Linc]

I have seen several of these beheading videos. I can't remember one where the victim didn't have their hands tied behind their backs. Each time they had complete control of the victim. They could literally do anything they wanted to the victim. Sometimes the feet were bound as well.

[SinisterBlueCat]

I think this is pretty much a Y chromosomes thing. The worst that was that was pinned Pvt. England was her holding a leash attached to a naked male Iraqi prisoner and pointing at his genitals.

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[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', 'N')ATO documents and reciept records disagree.

[Specop_007]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', 'N')ATO documents and reciept records disagree.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('k_semler', 'I') tried several times. They won't let me in.

[Keith_McClary]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DefiledEngine', 'S')ince when are coalition (I'm assuming US et al) forces in Nepal? Aren't you trying to degrade Iraqi rebels?

[evilmonkeyspanker]

Do any of you have a soul?

[Roy]

The message I get from the video is this:

If you're fighting these types, save the last bullet for yourself. Obviously, treatment of prisoners is not a real high priority for these guys.

Kill or be killed in its truest form.

Ask no quarter, and give no quarter.

Certainly executing prisoners is not unprecedented. In fact its much more common than merciful treatment. Only someone ignorant of history would believe otherwise. What do you think American revolutionaries did to loyalists and captured/wounded British troops? Captured Native Americans? Probably wasn't that different unless there happened to be press nearby. I know for a fact that for the most part, Japanese were killed rather than being taken prisoner by American forces in the pacific theater. Once those boys saw what the Japanese were doing to captured Americans, there was no more playing nice, or attempts at civilized warfare. Study on it if you don't believe me. Read some oral histories from people who were there, on the ground. Talk to some veterans of the pacific theatre in WWII. Think a bullet to head is inhumane? How humane is a flamethrower?

Of course they don't teach us that part in High School.

As other posters pointed out, war brings out the best and the WORST of people. It temporarily suspends conventional morality. All humans are capable of such bestial behavior if the conditions are right. No one race is more or less capable, base on my study of military history. America has it's share of embarassing atrocities too. They're just not on video. At least not in circulation.

Spec, tell me you wouldn't shoot someone in the head if they harmed your family, killed your wife, raped your child? Who knows what the guys being killed in the video did to deserve their fate? We certainly don't.

Anyone who wants war and supports it is supporting this type of activity on a daily basis.

So, anyone thinking about joining the army had better understand that surrendering to Muslim soldiers/terrorists/freedom fighters is not a wise option. The hatred on both sides runs too deep.

Kill as many as possible and save the last bullet for yourself. Unless you want your head cut off and video'd for posterity.

Thus the veracity of the statement: War is Hell.

No doubt about it.

[Aaron]

Interesting that despite mankind's humble attempts at cruelty, we are rank amateurs when compared with mother nature.

As bad as many of these human atrocities are, they pale in comparison to what nature has in store for many.

Being slowly devoured by a bacteria colony for example...

Eaten alive by cancer...

Drowning in stomach fluids of some enormous beast...

We are amateurs.

Mother nature craps bigger than us.

I'll also add that if this world we live in was constructed by some intelligent design, then that intelligence is by far the most cruel and vindictive presence imaginable.

But he loves us...

[Z]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', 'A')s bad as many of these human atrocities are, they pale in comparison to what nature has in store for many.

[Aaron]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Z', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', 'A')s bad as many of these human atrocities are, they pale in comparison to what nature has in store for many.

[holmes]

Its all the same from all sides. different tactics. Terrorists vs terrorists. we chose this way probably when we layed waste to the south and starved women and children ,our own, in the great sieges of NO, Vicksberg, charleston, etc...
New ways to slaughter.
Modern society. advanced.

Which ushered in corporate america and her murder by proxy and the "OH the Horror!".
the trail of tears.
sandcreek massacre.
The agenda of the industrialized military complex.
shall we go on?
we just dont count coup do we?
we chose it long ago.
ma nature will choose the end game.
we love to kill.
the path is set.
peace.