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    Military investigating shooting in newly leaked Afghan combat video

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    Military investigating shooting in newly leaked Afghan combat video

    By WESLEY MORGAN
    01/10/2018

    U.S. commanders have launched an investigation into video footage that appears to show an American service member firing into the cab of a civilian truck as the two vehicles pass on a road in Afghanistan, an action that could have violated the military’s rules of engagement and may hamper the alliance with the Afghan government.

    https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...d-video-276534



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    The person feared for his life.

    Rules of engagement hmm.

    Maybe the real problem is soldiers are coming home disgruntled because they enlisted to go to war and kill people. They spend a couple of years overseas and never even get to discharge their weapon. They come home and join the police force so they can participate in real active duty and actually shoot people and animals.

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    i wonder why afghanistan is such a $#@!hole country
    could it be 50 years of foreign intervention?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Influenza View Post
    i wonder why afghanistan is such a $#@!hole country
    could it be 50 years of foreign intervention?
    Jerry Springer made this argument:



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    Quote Originally Posted by Influenza View Post
    i wonder why afghanistan is such a $#@!hole country
    could it be 50 years of foreign intervention?
    I think it is much more than 50 and I think it would still be a $#@!hole even without it which makes it very unique .

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    Quote Originally Posted by oyarde View Post
    I think it is much more than 50 and I think it would still be a $#@!hole even without it which makes it very unique .
    please tell me i dont have to dig up pictures of afghanistan from 50 years ago that have been posted here and other websites probably 100s of times

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    Quote Originally Posted by enhanced_deficit View Post
    In other words, before the Generals.

    But this shooting each other's vehicles proly happens every day. This one was just caught on screen and served up as an example for whatever brilliant reason. Granted, when Afghans shoot at out vehicles, towns are ransacked, and $#@! blows up, but right now we can only be thankful our boys and girls aren't shooting our trucks and blowing us up quite yet.

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    Afghanistan , Invaded by Darius I of Persia ( iranians ) , probably pior to 549 BC , by around 330 BC invaded by Alexander The Great .7th to 9th centuries , arabian caliphates . 1219 , Mongols . 1300's the Mughals , 1800'S British , Sikh's , British again . As you can see , more than 50 years .

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    Quote Originally Posted by oyarde View Post
    Afghanistan , Invaded by Darius I of Persia ( iranians ) , probably pior to 549 BC , by around 330 BC invaded by Alexander The Great .7th to 9th centuries , arabian caliphates . 1219 , Mongols . 1300's the Mughals , 1800'S British , Sikh's , British again . As you can see , more than 50 years .
    Yes, every region in the world has been impacted by other regions both positively and negatively for millennia. duh... But what is most relevant to what's happening there today? Soviet occupation, funding of salafist groups by US and subsequent taliban control, and US occupation

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    Quote Originally Posted by Schifference View Post
    The person feared for his life.

    Rules of engagement hmm.

    Maybe the real problem is soldiers are coming home disgruntled because they enlisted to go to war and kill people. They spend a couple of years overseas and never even get to discharge their weapon. They come home and join the police force so they can participate in real active duty and actually shoot people and animals.
    more often than you think
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    The point is they were modernizing before tptb decided to interfere militarily.

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    I oppose any US involvement in afghanistan .

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    I wonder why of all the videos they've got, they decided to show us this one? Its bloodless and there's no context for what's going on. I guess the rest of its being investigated.

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    Military is investigating itself.

    sound like masturbation to me.
    Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
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