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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
It does. And I'll preface this by saying that I didn't watch the video--I have kind of a weak stomach for violence, especially if it involves children.
But I highly doubt that the explanation is that the US soldiers were killing people for the hell of it. It's far more likely that given the high stress of their situation and a somewhat murky situation around them on the ground, that the consequences of a slight misunderstanding or a case of mistaken identity can often be death.
There's no visible difference between a civilian and an enemy to these guys, and the situation around them is often chaotic. I've never been in their shoes, so I'm disinclined to pass judgment.
Which is not to say that I think these things should be covered up, or that it's okay if they happen. Just that I think a) humans make mistakes, b) soldiers are human and c) the consequence of a mistake in a war zone is that people get killed who shouldn't have.
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They were clearly having fun killing those people. It did appear one guy had a weapon and they confused the cameras of the other two guys for weapons but they were saying stuff like "let us shoot" and "nice" when they opened up on these guys.
They then opened fire on civilians trying to save one of the guys. None of them had weapons at all. They were just trying to save a guy who was dying in the street. The guys even laugh when they see a tank drive over one of the dead bodies. Seriously, I don't have that much fun playing COD.
I get that their job is high stress and I understand that they could have thought that if they didn't kill those people on the ground that they would shoot their helicopter out of the sky or commit a suicide bombing or something. But that video is disturbing. Those guys sound like they are playing Call of Duty and they don't realize that the people they are murdering have families and children.