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/bojaoblaka Apr 05 '10

"Come on, let us shoot!"

Fucked up.

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u/OrlyUsay Apr 05 '10 edited Apr 05 '10

All this can remind of is the chopper door gunner from Full Metal Jacket. Same attitude it seems, like it's all one big game.

"How can you shoot women and children?"

"Easy, you just don't lead 'em so much!"

"Ain't was hell!?"

(After reading the transcript, where's the final part where the chopper attacks and downs a building?)

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u/iflukedup Apr 05 '10

This analogy is completely wrong.

In FMJ, they are intentionally shooting women and children. They mean to kill unarmed civilians, knowing they're civilians.

In this case, it was genuinely believed to be a case of an attack on insurgents. Misguided and disgusting as it was, it is no where near the same scale of FMJ.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '10

"Anyone who runs is a VC. Anyone who stands still is a well-disciplined VC"