Afghan Civilian Shootings by American Solider



mowing down villages of civilians was an every day occurrence in vietnam.

the question to ask is why the media is just now sensationalizing this kind of thing.
 
Shaz07 said:
I'm really surprised no one has posted or talked about this in here yet. I wonder how fast it would have been posted if it was an Afghani solider shooting American Civilians.

Shootings Fray Afghan Ties - WSJ.com

Americans can't be terrorists right? Only Muslims?
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Let's see, oh, here's a list of non Afghani private contractors killed in Afghanistan.

List of private contractor deaths in Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"As of January 16, 2012, 190 foreign private contractor deaths in Afghanistan as part of the War in Afghanistan are listed in this article. Of these, 54 are Americans, 14 are Nepalese, 13 are Canadians[5] and 13 are Russians. 38 of those killed were private military contractors or PMCs."

So that leaves 152 out of the 190 killed that were non military contractors, aka "civilians", many of whom were aid workers.

I don't have time to count how many of them were killed by Afghani soldiers and police or those masquerading as such, but I know it's more than a couple. Furthermore, several coalition troops have been killed by those soldiers and police they've been training. With several hundred thousand troops circulating through the country in the last 10+ years, statistically someone is bound to be batshit crazy and/or go completely nuts under those circumstances in that time.

Meh. Collateral damage. Shit happens.
 
Fatbat said:
Let's see, oh, here's a list of non Afghani private contractors killed in Afghanistan.

List of private contractor deaths in Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"As of January 16, 2012, 190 foreign private contractor deaths in Afghanistan as part of the War in Afghanistan are listed in this article. Of these, 54 are Americans, 14 are Nepalese, 13 are Canadians[5] and 13 are Russians. 38 of those killed were private military contractors or PMCs."

So that leaves 152 out of the 190 killed that were non military contractors, aka "civilians", many of whom were aid workers.

I don't have time to count how many of them were killed by Afghani soldiers and police or those masquerading as such, but I know it's more than a couple. Furthermore, several coalition troops have been killed by those soldiers and police they've been training. With several hundred thousand troops circulating through the country in the last 10+ years, statistically someone is bound to be batshit crazy and/or go completely nuts under those circumstances in that time.

Meh. Collateral damage. Shit happens.
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So my question is, is this solider considered a terrorist or not? He killed mainly women and children.
 
troob said:
how so?
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Fatbat said:
Sounds like he went nuts to me. Not really the definition of a terrorist, although the Afghanis probably feel differently.



Truth hurts?
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Nah, just the fact that the first thing most people say is "he probably went insane" when it's a non-Muslim, which I don't know how you can claim is the truth already. Either way does it make it justifiable?


supplyshock said:
What's a solider?
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My mistake, soldier*.
 
Shaz07 said:
Nah, just the fact that the first thing most people say is "he probably went insane" when it's a non-Muslim, which I don't know how you can claim is the truth already. Either way does it make it justifiable?




My mistake, soldier*.
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America has a different culture and when you hear Muslims you think suicide bombing, 9/11, etc.
 
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