February 17, 2004

This Is What War Looks Like

A very disturbing piece of video footage sadly showing the worst of humanity. In short, it is footage of American troops firing upon three alleged insurgents from an Apache helicopter. More background info about the situation is available at ABCNews link.

Click here to view video (MPEG format, 4.6 MB)

Posted by quan at February 17, 2004 11:16 PM
Comments

Although I have no objections to American troops defending themselves when attacked by Iraqis (and I do believe we shouldn't even be there in the first place), I find the excessive use of force (shooting an enemy when they appear fairly wounded?) and the somewhat vague assessment of the situation in this case to be a very unfortunate reflection of this country. Is this the America we should be proud of? Is this the liberation we sold Iraq? *sigh*

Posted by: Quan at February 18, 2004 10:51 PM

Did we really sell anything to Iraq?
If so, they need to get their receipts ready.

Posted by: Craig at February 19, 2004 01:12 AM

Unfortunately, there's no return policy when dealing with corporate America thus the Iraqis are up a creek without a paddle :(

Posted by: Quan at February 20, 2004 12:54 PM

holy shit! i guess THIS is perfectly acceptable, as long as you don't pose them up in a naked pyramid. insane.

Posted by: zach at May 5, 2004 10:06 AM