WTF?? US Troops looted and vandalized Baghdad International Airport

[tnitsuj]

From TIME.COM

 

[Fencer128]

Hi,

Have a look at this thread.

Cheers,

Andy

 

[lozina]

Blasphemy! We're the good guys remember? It must have been Saddam loyalists dressed up in American uniforms!

 

[tnitsuj]

I'm just amazed that the NCO's and officers allowed that to go on. Trashing five Boeing jets?? What were they thinking, someone really dropped the ball there. We the American taxpayers are going to have to end up paying for all this damage.

 

[UltraQuiet]

Originally posted by: tnitsuj
I'm just amazed that the NCO's and officers allowed that to go on. Trashing five Boeing jets?? What were they thinking, someone really dropped the ball there. We the American taxpayers are going to have to end up paying for all this damage.

Agreed. Maybe forfeiting a couple of months pay for violation of Article 103 for everyone involved will help defray the cost.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: Ultra Quiet

Originally posted by: tnitsuj
I'm just amazed that the NCO's and officers allowed that to go on. Trashing five Boeing jets?? What were they thinking, someone really dropped the ball there. We the American taxpayers are going to have to end up paying for all this damage.

Agreed. Maybe forfeiting a couple of months pay for violation of Article 103 for everyone involved will help defray the cost.

Good link UQ,

Been wanting to have a gander at that, and I can download the whole Manual. Gracias.

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

(c) That the accused failed to do what was reasonable under the circumstances to secure this property for the service of the United States.

So a GI cannot argue that he really needed a Rolex and some Cubans . . . so serving his personal needs is almost the same as service of the US?

How many animals are left in Saddam's game park?

 

[Moonbeam]

This kind of stuff makes me really sad.