U.S. Army A**holes!

**rock_lobster** · 02-10-11, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by moving-target

thanks to the wonders of technology it all comes to light these days throwing puppies over cliffs throwing grenades into fellow soldiers barracks gunning down civilians torture rape murder is all to common occurrence these days so i tend to believe there are more corrupt soldiers/cops then there are with honor and follow the rules maybe the drill instructors/ police instructors are to blame for not teaching them maybe they were rotten people to begin with but they are what seems to coming out of todays police academy/drill camps maybe its always been like this but lack of recording equipment kept it in the dark but the good guys if any must be in the shadows somewhere

I understand what you're saying, however, several instances of cops over-stepping their boundaries and soliders being ass hats caught on video isn't a "majority". Out of the hundreds of thousands of law enforcement, military, etc... around our country and the world (that represent the US), I'm betting the percentage that act this way on a regular basis don't even come to close to a double digit percentile.

Just b/c a few videos surface doesn't mean the entire organization is terrible. If that were the case, then TPG would be a haven for douche bags and hackers from someone who makes a quick judgment based on a few select instances.

**rock_lobster** · 02-10-11, 09:00 PM

Originally Posted by Watsyurdeal?

No wonder other countries don't like us, who would've guessed? *rolls eyes*

Well we could be gassing our own citizens and killing women and children on a daily basis.....but no, we are much more heinous....a couple douchebags make a kid run for a bottle of water...talk about your war crimes.

It was a total embarrassment for these guys to do this, but comparative to what goes on with the rest of the world's military, I'm not gonna make us out to be so horrific.

**Pint** · 02-10-11, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by triggerhappy2005

There's a lot of pro military types here and this type of material has the potential to create arguments and flame wars.

Anyone who is in the Army knows there is plenty of morons who wear the same uniform, the only flame you might get out of it is that the military is (and should be) a reflection of a cross section of the us. You have brainiacs and rednecks and thugs and nerds and morons and hoes and holy-rollers and everything else. I have personally seen soldiers digging trash pits in the middle of the desert for not being nice to locals, for every two videos you see like this there is likely some troop muttering to himself because after his patrol he has to do dig a hole or some other punishment.

PoB

**triggerhappy2005** · 02-11-11, 12:29 AM

Originally Posted by Pint

Anyone who is in the Army knows there is plenty of morons who wear the same uniform, the only flame you might get out of it is that the military is (and should be) a reflection of a cross section of the us. You have brainiacs and rednecks and thugs and nerds and morons and hoes and holy-rollers and everything else. I have personally seen soldiers digging trash pits in the middle of the desert for not being nice to locals, for every two videos you see like this there is likely some troop muttering to himself because after his patrol he has to do dig a hole or some other punishment.

PoB

I have no dog in this hunt. I was just explaining to blonde why this thread should have been in the Drama Forums.