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Marine punished for damaging Afghani tractor
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Sansfear
Posts: 757
Registered: 2008-8-31 05:04:52
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1/1/00 12:00am
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Marine punished for damaging Afghani tractor
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Bomb-maker is spotted on surveillance.
Marine orders snipers to shoot him, and he is wounded.
Other Afghanis rush to help him and put the wounded man on a tractor to evacuate him.
Marine orders snipers to shoot engine block of tractor to disable it (none of the other Afghanis are hurt).
The Afghanis turn out to be teenagers.
"As a result, Waddell was demoted from executive officer, and the battalion commander, Lt. Col. Seth Folsom, determined he had violated rules of engagement that governed when Marines could fire, and at whom. Folsom said Wadell "is not recommended for promotion" and "in violation of [combat rules] during an engagement." The report stated that "noncombatant local nationals" were in the area of direct fire and that "the engagement resulted in a damaged local national vehicle.""
http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/2012/01/marines-career-threatened-controversial-rules-engagement/2127401
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He should also pay for any damages done to the tractor. Marines go around fking up property.. They think that mod free?
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Ashmaele
Title: Pastor of Muppets
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Registered: 2002-1-15 08:30:50
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Will he do more time than that sergeant who killed all them civilian peeps in Haditha?
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He should. The man is clearly a god damn cowboy.
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1/1/00 12:00am
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Marine punished for damaging Afghani tractor
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It sounds like the issue is that he ordered a sniper to fire close to non-combatants. I understand its war, but if he violated the ROE in that regard, it seems like that's a pretty big deal, meriting a demotion or lack of promotion. I wouldn't make that call, but I can support it.
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Tych2
Title: Obama Appointed Outpost Czar
Posts: 2,511
Registered: 2005-3-1 06:56:47
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Seems pretty stupid to me.
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Z-Elder
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Registered: 2002-3-15 13:58:39
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What was our total cost for shooting a tractor? Thats is some hard core stuff. Blow away a mans tractor.
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Here is a crazy idea, how about we stop spending money we don't have, stop wasting lives (of our own and theirs) needlessly and bring our people & equipment home.
I know I know, that is just CRAZEee talk.
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what kind of round is big enough to stop a fracking tractor yet only wound a person?
was his wound a missing limb?
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Posts: 5,122
Registered: 2009-7-25 03:04:52
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Marine punished for damaging Afghani tractor
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Time to leave that hellhole
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