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http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/08/16901436-two-more-marines-charged-in-scandal-over-afghan-urination-video?lite>>So what, a few guys wasted piss urinating on some dead scumbag terrorists.
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>More than that. They're setting standards of military behavior for other armies to follow. And the students will eagerly await the chance to show their teachers how well they mastered the lesson.
Some of their opponents don't exactly follow the Geneva Convention when dealing with captured/wounded/deceased Western combatants. Those forces aren't going to be any more "eager" than they already are.
Nonetheless it does cede the moral high ground, which for many is the sole acceptable reason why Western forces are in those theatres in the first place.
Regards. Al
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