This boils my blood

[codcatcher3000]

armed with a keyboard eastpierlad you achieve very little ... i saw that the army was recruiting, crack on and sign up and save the world . if u need a pen and directions pm me . altho i m not too sure how effective u would be toting a keyboard in kandahar or wherever.

[kayos]

"people have been too quick to brand this marine a murderer or terrorist"

That's because he is a murderer, he was found guilty, if you wish to excuse that then you are entitled to you opinion.

I have had my say and will politely now bow out.

[mark]

Argument Clinic - YouTube

[safc]

Listen Afghanistan was invaded by the Soviet Union at the end of the 70's and up to one and a half million Afghanis were killed in that conflict, most of them civilians. Then in 2001, we along with the US invaded their country again! Is it any wonder that they react to this provocation the way they do? Since we invaded it is estimated that some 75,000 civilians have been killed by the direct action of the US and Britain.

The US and Britain have a long history of invading countries that they have no business being in. All human life is sacred and slaughtering civilians in countries we have no right to be in is a scandal. Is it any wonder that people from these countries label us as the global terrorists?

This has nothing to do with the poor foot soldiers who have to fight on the front line, the vast majority are working class people from poor backgrounds who join the army for a career and a living wage. We should not be sending them to countries that are nothing to do with us. By doing so, we(the west) breed resentment and hatred against us and bring the atrocities we have seen around the world upon ourselves. If you are a small defenseless nation you cannot fight a super power so you resort to what you glibly deem terrorism. These country's people will tell you we are the terrorists.

Top post and nail on the head
Like i said earlier, how else are the afghanis going to defend themselves against an army with so much deadly technology?

[eastpierlad]

"people have been too quick to brand this marine a murderer or terrorist"

That's because he is a murderer, he was found guilty, if you wish to excuse that then you are entitled to you opinion.

I have had my say and will politely now bow out.

fair enough,
we are both entitled to our own opinions, no doubt this topic will divide peoples opinions across the country / world.

I just don't class the lad as a murder, even though the law might, and what I class as a terrorist you class as a freedom fighter.

As you say i have also had my say and will also now politely bow out, before a full blown slagging match ensues, as at least two protagonists on here can not manage a half decent debate without resorting to churlish behavior.

[eastpierlad]

Argument Clinic - YouTube

aye, very good, "this isn't an argument, it's a contradiction"

monty python = pure class

[mark]

aye, very good, "this isn't an argument, it's a contradiction"

monty python = pure class

No it ins't

[eastpierlad]

No it ins't

yes it is

[big phil 123]

armed with a keyboard eastpierlad you achieve very little ... i saw that the army was recruiting, crack on and sign up and save the world . if u need a pen and directions pm me . altho i m not too sure how effective u would be toting a keyboard in kandahar or wherever.

hahahah

[garyp]

Top post and nail on the head
Like i said earlier, how else are the afghanis going to defend themselves against an army with so much deadly technology?

And as I said earlier, do you get your knowledge of this event from sky news and sun newspaper?

[eastpierlad]

hahahah

you're in the wrong room......................

[rocketman]

armed with a keyboard eastpierlad you achieve very little ... i saw that the army was recruiting, crack on and sign up and save the world . if u need a pen and directions pm me . altho i m not too sure how effective u would be toting a keyboard in kandahar or wherever.

He he he ho ho ho spot on hes spineless

[neil9629]

Its a shame he got caught, if you document and store anything illegal, as
sure as eggs is eggs, its gonna bite you on the arse.
He will serve 2 year in a mp then onto a public prison.
Reading the transcripts, the man had a sucking wound to the chest, doubtfull
if he would of lived anyway, should of been left to rot.

[jamiebrennan]

personally i would give the guy a medal, as he said himself its nowt he wouldnt have done to him, except that he would have cut his head off with a rusty bread knife and paraded it on a stick through his village! I think he got off lightly...he could have poured a bottle of TCP into his wound and then dragged him 10 mile to the nearest medi tent only for them to humanely put him down.

[g.ordon]

that's modern technology for yer ehh? if the guy was popped, say in a conflict 20 year ago nowt would have ever happened.