Need to complain

[rioisk]

Originally Posted by Malinrol [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The military takes civilian casualities into consideration. They dont go around shooting innocent civilians in the streets. And if they do, then they have a good reason, god damnit...

All I know is of the several friends that have been in the military that Iraq is basically a FFA rape and murder zone for US soldiers. They got out ASAP.

[Loke]

Originally Posted by rioisk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

All I know is of the several friends that have been in the military that Iraq is basically a FFA rape and murder zone for US soldiers. They got out ASAP.

Your friends are probably full of shit. I personally have spent a considerable amount of time in some of the worst parts of Iraq, and even then, it wasn't FFA. Sure, you can take some creative liberties with the RoI - but some people who have you believe that the entire country is like a modern day Mai Lai.

My experience has been that 99% of people who come home and tell war stories are full of shit and telling fairy tales - because most people that do have real war stories don't want to or feel the need to talk about it with friends/family/random people who weren't there and thus wouldn't understand it in a way that would make it worth talking about.

[Stickyfingers]

Originally Posted by Loke [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Your friends are probably full of shit. I personally have spent a considerable amount of time in some of the worst parts of Iraq, and even then, it wasn't FFA. Sure, you can take some creative liberties with the RoI - but some people who have you believe that the entire country is like a modern day Mai Lai.

My experience has been that 99% of people who come home and tell war stories are full of shit and telling fairy tales - because most people that do have real war stories don't want to or feel the need to talk about it with friends/family/random people who weren't there and thus wouldn't understand it in a way that would make it worth talking about.

Agreed. My neighbor was a Sniper in Fallujah during some of the really intense portions of the war, when Fallujah was a real hot bed. I asked him about it, and he didn't want to talk about it and just said it was crazy.

[MiRo2]

Originally Posted by rioisk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

All I know is of the several friends that have been in the military that Iraq is basically a FFA rape and murder zone for US soldiers. They got out ASAP.

I did two tours in Iraq as a medic in Calvary and Infantry platoons, and can most certainly say, your "several friends" in the "military" are full of shit. Even the idea of this wasn't tolerated. In the 27 months I spent in Iraq, I only ever heard of one rape, and in that case, their entire command was relieved over it even though it was actions of 3 soldiers alone.