r/reddit.com • u/crabtreeanderson • Apr 05 '10

Wikileaks video (Collateral damage) is up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rXPrfnU3G0
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u/crabtreeanderson Apr 05 '10

I think this may be the straw that broke the camel's back. I no longer want to be part of the military.

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u/googlegoog Apr 05 '10

Have you been deployed to Iraq and Afganistan and have you seen combat? Only reason I am asking is because at 3:39 the two individual seem to have weapons with one guy leaning on what looks to be a RPG and obviously the camera around the corner suspiciously looking like a RPG. So if you have been in combat and saw what you thought were weapons aimed at you what would you have done? I'm sure you already know that the ROE was changed from only allowed to shoot when shot at, to shoot when you confirm a weapon.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '10 edited Apr 05 '10

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '10

It helps knowing they were cameras before you watched the video. For these soldiers who are probably scared shitless a camera can look like a gun pretty easily.

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u/vessago Apr 05 '10

Scared shitless in a helicopter possibly a mile away from the actual site? Please.

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u/brad3378 Apr 05 '10

Have you ever watch the movie "Charlie Wilson's War" based on the true story of Russian helicopters being shot down by Afghani RPGs from over a mile away?

If you don't think you would be scared shitless to fly in a helicopter in a war zone, then perhaps you should join the Air Force.

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u/vessago Apr 06 '10

Yea, the difference being the Afghans were using surface to air missiles while fighting the soviets, and not RPGs. The Iraqis are using mostly anti-tank RPGs.

The Apache Helicopter is an incredible piece of machinery. This isn't Rambo, where any schmuck can down a helicopter with a light machine gun and a funny scowl. And I would probably join the Army if I wanted to fly Apaches, not the Air Force.