Originally Posted by
NutLoose
I must say it's always the way, those that sit and judge do so from the comfort of a nice warm office and have never actually been out at the sharp end.... and I mean the sharp end, foot patrols and in contact in the theaters involved, not inspecting mess halls and issuing dress regs.
War is never going to be an all action hero film set, its real and just as somethings went on that shouldn't have on all sides. that will have been happening since man or women picked up a Tyrannosaurus Rex bone and belted his or her neighbour with it.
IMHO
Oh, so it's all fine, nothing to see here, move along folks......
I think we can all appreciate how chaotic and violent frontline combat can be/is, and that unpleasant acts can occur in "the fog of war" that were not pre-meditated or would be condoned - but are accepted as unavoidable. These allegations are explicitly not in this category.
This will be devastating for the guys who do the right thing
It is these guys who are doing "the right thing" - the allegations are coming from within the SASR by individuals who have had enough of what they have seen going on. Both the acts themselves and the culture that has developed that has enabled the acts and which is at variance to the values the regiment holds itself to.
IMHO