Originally Posted by
BN Boy
Now I know that Fratricide incidents are quite rare, but Uncle Sam's boys are getting quite the rep for assisting in the Tali's efforts!
My thoughts go out to the families of the Soldiers involved.
Fractricide incidents are indeed rare thankfully BN. Isn't it amazing though, when you look at each incident, who fired the shots?
I spoke with a USMC pilot two years ago, and when this subject came up, he told me it was because "We (the US) fire first and ask questions later."
He intimated that this was a good thing I might add.
I've lost count of the video clips I've seen over the last couple of years where some vehicle / bridge / building etc gets splashed, accompanied by a soundtrack of shouted "F*ck yeahs", "God damns" and general whooping and screaming.
Thinking back to my sorties in Iraq 1, I won't say I was calm about the whole thing (far from it) but none of those "gung ho" shouts for one minute entered my head.
It just makes me wonder about the difference in mentality between the US and the UK when it comes to taking another life.
Like BN boy, my thoughts are with the Canadian soldiers' families.