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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany
The Lads on ops are bound by rules of engagement, Geneva convention & local procedures as dictated by the commanders in the field for ops relevant to prevailing threat levels.
When engaged & live fire is going down any kills are accepted as a necessity of the operational conditions, but from what I can gather, the firefight was over & the insurgent was wounded & a prisoner. Despite how much hatred or hurt there is the prisoner has to be "respected" & not mishandled & more importantly killed after the event. In doing so any soldier steps beyond the bounds of following orders & is open to prosecution for murder.
It's not easy if you've seen your oppoes being killed or maimed , but the Lads can't step beyond what's lawful & will lead to an escalation of barbarity & the our own would be mishandled or murdered if they were taken prisoner, so the rules of engagement are there for that reason.
But this situation would never have arisen had our lads not been there in the first place, being sacrificed for a stinking backward country, rife with corruption, bigotry & medieval attitudes, still we all know who's responsible for that decision don't we.
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Let me tell you what would have happened if one of our men/women were captured by the Insurgents/Enemy.These are their rules. They would stone, beat and then parade the person and then publicly Behead them. And thats without looking at a little card. This is a war we shoudnt be involved in, If we dont like what happens. Bring them all home now and let them get on with it.