so...
 

you are constantly abused, have rocks thrown at you daily, people are trying to kill you wherever you go, but you are there to keep the peace.

then...

you catch a few of the little "rascals" and you give them a good hiding. and now you're in trouble.

now i'm not saying what they did was right, i'm saying i can understand WHY they did it.

Agreed...

Saw a similar thing about 13 years ago in Belfast. Allegedly. :roll:



Hence the saying:- Volvo. Designed by computer, built by robot, driven by joyrider, stopped by 3 Para. :shock: :lol:

Not saying what they did was right, or even legal, but you don,t get to see what happened just before the footage was taken.



:oops: Oops, sorry! Back on about Iraq again. :oops:

THe guy filming it was getting awfully exited, sounded like he was knocking one out while he was filming.

Depends what you mean by a good hiding, Kicking somebody whose already on the ground and asking you to stop in between the legs is IMHO going a little to far. Also battering somebody round the head till they are lieing in a pool of their own blood is also going a little to far as wel IMHO.

I'm all for people defending themselves and I agree that we dont know what happened just before that video was shot.

Wake up people, no matter what they say it's a WAR. If a squaddie were on the deck they'd take a blade to his throat, not give him a bit of a kicking....

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regardless of where they kicked them and what they did to them, my point is i can STILL understand why they did it.

So can I, at the end of the day who out of all of us would say faced with similar circumstances that we wouldnt have done the same thing. I dont know how I would react under that kind of situation, I guess you dont until you are faced with it.

Steve, you really havent got a ****ing clue have you my dear southern friend?

Rules of engagement? Geneva convention? Any of those phrases mean anything to you?

Yeah i know... "its a war...." we still have to adhere to them.

And yes, i do know what im talking about on this issue, i was in the forces, and a lot of my friends are actively serving in various theaters throughout the world as we sit here debating the issue.

So it'd be OK to sink to that level? These are supposed to be professional soldiers, not hate-filled thugs. Of course I understand why they did it... But it doesn't make it OK.