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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Not that it makes it any more acceptable, but this is precisely what happens in every war.
It's really sad that years of trying to win the hearts of the people is going to be undone by this act and other terrible acts that have happened recently. It doesn't matter if 99+% of the NATO soldiers there sincerely want to help and are willing to sacrifice for it... this is what will be remembered.
I have to wonder if when all is said and done, if we will be remembered in Aghanistan as being worse than the Soviets. I'm not saying that we have done a worse job, but in the information age, these sort of things are going to get immortalized and kept fresh for a long time. It will serve to be anti-Western propaganda for decades.
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The problem the americans have always had is their constant attempt to fight a clean war, which of course means when these things happen, as they always do in every war, it really pisses the locals and the folks back home off more.
Better to just be honest, say we are going to eff you up as much as we want until you do as you are told, go in and eff things up, get what we want and then leave.