• It's fun to kill in Afghanistan, says top US commander
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[URL]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/its-fun-to-kill-in-afghanistan-says-top-us-commander-2023155.html[/URL] [QUOTE]The US military, still recovering from the shock of the sacking of General Stanley McChrystal, its top commander in Afghanistan – is facing fresh problems over revelations that another top commander declared that it was "fun to shoot people" in Afghanistan. A video of General James Mattis making his comments was yesterday spreading through the Muslim world at a fraught time in Afghanistan for the US and it's Western allies. General Mattis has been named as successor to General David Petreaus as head of US Central Command. General Petraeus is moving to Afghanistan after McChrystal's sacking over derogatory remarks made about President Obama to Rolling Stone magazine. But General Mattis has yet to be confirmed by the US Senate. The general led the controversial US military assault on the Iraqi city of Fallujah in 2004. The comments which have come back to haunt him were made at a leadership seminar in 2005. He said: "[B]Actually, it's a lot of fun to fight. You know it's a helluva hoot. I'll be right up front with you. I like brawling. You go into Afghanistan, you get guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil ... guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them.[/B]" [/QUOTE]War is fun, according to this man. Maybe he should go on the battlefield. That must be why so many american soldiers commit suicide. They can't stand the fun (they were not prepared for that).
I prefer shooting in vietnam
War is only fun in a video game. [editline]01:50PM[/editline] This guy needs to be reassigned to the north pole.
Dis is so fun ya'll, iz like me shootin dem astroids in arcade back in da day.
ITT: The Media and Facepunch take things too seriously.
Now I have a mental image of American soldiers killing Taliban to 'Fortunate Son'. And dancing.
Immediately though of this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBfjU3_XOaA[/media]
[QUOTE=Ickylevel;23256071][url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/its-fun-to-kill-in-afghanistan-says-top-us-commander-2023155.html[/url] War is fun, according to this man. Maybe he should go on the battlefield.[/QUOTE] He's already been on the battlefield countless times already.
[QUOTE=WeekendWarrior;23256294]Now I have a mental image of American soldiers killing Taliban to 'Fortunate Son'. And dancing.[/QUOTE] Now I can't shake the image off.
[QUOTE=nikomo;23256529]Now I can't shake the image off.[/QUOTE] Sorry 'bout that. :v:
I'd rather have a General that likes to fight in Afghanistan rather than to have a General that calls me a coward.
[QUOTE=WeekendWarrior;23256545]Sorry 'bout that. :v:[/QUOTE] Same for me except it's a single soldier manning a Humvee.
This is why I like WikiLeaks. [editline]10:08PM[/editline] Well, the comments were made in 2005, before he was commander.
[QUOTE=CodeMonkey3;23256261]ITT: The Media and Facepunch take things too seriously.[/QUOTE] facepunch and the media are taking people's lives too seriously?
If your going to do it you might as well enjoy it
This is what you do in war. You don't think of the other side as fathers and husbands or sons, you think of them as targets, or you'd simple go insane. People who can't do this are the people who end up going insane, sinking into depression, killing themselves, their partners, or their children.
Well he is right you know.
That sentence was so inhumane I don't even.
[QUOTE=Heroms;23257231]That sentence was so inhumane I don't even.[/QUOTE] the guys they're fighting are so inhumane to others i don't even
I don't got a problem with that. You people judge to much.
also some people are sadists/badass and love the thrill of the hunt
Bad people vs bad minds. It works.
Shitheads v Shitheads - Who will win? Who cares? [QUOTE=Ickylevel;23256071]War is fun, according to this man. Maybe he should go on the battlefield.[/QUOTE] It says right there that he'd be up front with you...
This is the same person who came up with: [QUOTE]Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=pointyface;23256108]I prefer shooting in vietnam[/QUOTE] You don't know what it was like, YOU WEREN'T THERE!
I don't blame him, and for the most part he is right that these men he's fighting don't deserve the lives they've been given. It's horribly oppressive there, men are treated on top of everyone else, they follow a barbaric system of cultural laws. So yes, I honestly think that westernizing the middle east is the best idea since sliced bread.
Considering that said barbarians also have nuclear technology. :tinfoil:
Reporter: "Do you feel anything when you shoot insurgents?" US Sniper: "Some recoil." [editline]04:47PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Bredirish123;23258564]I don't blame him, and for the most part he is right that these men he's fighting don't deserve the lives they've been given. It's horribly oppressive there, men are treated on top of everyone else, they follow a barbaric system of cultural laws. So yes, I honestly think that westernizing the middle east is the best idea since sliced bread.[/QUOTE] These people aren't saying it's fun to shoot terrorists, they're saying it's fun to shoot non-terrorist-affiliated insurgents and civilians. [editline]04:47PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Ickylevel;23256071][URL]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/its-fun-to-kill-in-afghanistan-says-top-us-commander-2023155.html[/URL] War is fun, according to this man. Maybe he should go on the battlefield.[/QUOTE] He'd be killed in an instant. He doesn't realize Call of Duty doesn't constitute as war experience.
[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;23258791]These people aren't saying it's fun to shoot terrorists, they're saying it's fun to shoot non-terrorist-affiliated insurgents and civilians. [/QUOTE] Well that's fucked up, of course I'm going to support following ROE, and by only shooting if you've taken fire first.
What's so actually crazy about this? The War is no better than the General and vice versa. We might as well have a Commander who can get into the spirit and provide the best possible security.
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