Everyones had enough of subject matter experts these days anyhow, knowing all the facts and what not.....
PTSD....let the man go, should never have been locked up, plenty of twats in suits in London needed locking up and the key thrown away. If it wasn't for soldiers, police, security services etc etc all the people who will nullify a threat to keep us safe we would be in a very bad place, he was just a soldier put in a place he most certainly did not want to be in, be grateful do gooders as you would no doubt be the first ones legging it if it comes on top, idiots.
sup carl dude? How ya doin? Agree with ya on this with an exception. Good men in bad situations can behave badly, the fact that they don't want to be there or have acted in A way that they wouldn't normally does not take away responsibility . I do think the pressures on the individual should be taken into account and to investigate every killing in a war zone is crazy. But if an execution is carried out it needs looking in to. Not saying in this particular incident the man should be charged as I don't know. but you can't claim immunity from wrong doings just because you are in uniform. personally I think kill em all and let god sort em out. but it's probably for the best that my way of thought ain't the way of the world or we'd be in even more shit than we are now.
Every sinew in my body wants Sgt. Blackman released. We all saw what happened. He wasted an enemy who, in his own words 'would have done the same to us' No question. But it was all recorded on HD GoPro with sound. Worse - ended up in front of a bunch of out of touch 'liberal elite' fucking judges. Game over. I hope he's soon released and think he will be. But Jesus, his defence lawyers will have to have put a shift in.
Sounds like you have never been to war? When it kicks off rules,regulations and Queen and country are straight out the window.You are fighting for your mates either side of you and everyone else in your troop and thre are NO RULES
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Actually he finished up in front of a jury (board) of seven serving soldiers, who decided he was guilty of murder. Those are the guys you are calling "out of touch".
The 'serving soldiers'....... The president of the panel of jurors was Lt Col Christopher Holmes of Navy command headquarters. Other members were: Lt Cmdr Love, of the defence equipment and support centre; Lt Cmdr Nick Cory, of the joint signals unit; Lt Evans, of HMS Collingwood, an office building in Portsmouth; and Warrant Officer Gowers, of an assessment centre in Portsmouth. Major Adam Whitmarsh, of 43 Commando Royal Marines. The seventh panel member was Captain Ben Sercombe, a Royal Marine and commander of Britain’s amphibious forces
Yep, thats very true however I'll hold my hands up to battering fuck out of a scrote on the streets of Belfast after a two hour skirmish of being barraged with bricks and bottles. Al had been under sustained attack not by bricks and bottles but by Ak and RPG rounds, so I can see how he felt. As for the court martial board I bet their opeation experience reached as far as the perimeter fence of Bastian or some other equally secure place. Al had been with his troop in a FOB for weeks, constantly patrolling in area's where the chance of contact by either enemy fire or of IED strikes was present every time he and the rest of his lads left the security of the four mud walls of his FOB.
I didn't say it was- " serving soldiers" was not my choice of phrase and you may well question the purpose of its selection,use or intention. I couldn't possibly comment .. Question it rightly, But not with me!
