Navy SEAL accused of killing teen ISIS fighter, using severed head during ceremony

[pismoe]

If you say it places us at a disadantage , then i believe you Biker

Just don't tell me we're above propaganda , covert missions , or gaining intel in what would be less than traditional ways

~S~

There are lots of less than traditional ways of doing those things that don't violate the Geneva Conventions. And yeah, crap like that DOES put our troops in more danger, because if we do something like what this SEAL did, they will try to be even more grotesque and cruel to our soldiers the next time they capture some. It's a never ending escalation of cruelty if we were to do as the terrorists do.

As far as propaganda? There are much more useful types than severed bloody heads of teenagers being held up by special forces military. That kind of crap will only incite and incense the terrorists.

---------------------------------------------- kill ALL the enemy till there is no one left to pizz off . Part of the problem is taking prisoners .

 

[pismoe]

The Navy outlined its evidence including cell phone photos that show Gallagher holding up the head of the deceased fighter during a reenlistment ceremony.

Promote Gallagher to mad Dog Mattis' former position , and ISIS would be muslim fairytale in no time

~S~

You DO realize that what this SEAL did is against the Geneva Conventions, right?

No i do not Biker, so you'll please excuse my exuberance

What i do know is he is fighting fire w/fire

I like the fact that what he did put the 'fear of allah' (per se') into ISIS , where all our standing armies do not

I'm also all for the dollar solution in all these sh*tholistans ,cost effective, makes our point perfectly clear,and we've the 'supermen' willing to do it

If it makes me a bad man cheerleading our guys fighting bad asses w/their own tactics ,so be it


~S~

actually

he is proving to muslims that Americans are blood thirsty murderers.

I want him punished.

Americans should NOT behave like savages.

I want him punished as well. Not only for going against the Conventions by doing what he did, but I want him punished for all the lives he has put in danger by doing it. This could become a valuable recruiting tool for ISIL and other terrorists, prompting them to do even worse to any troops of ours that they might take.

There is also that little thing about good military bearing, and discipline that he also seems to misunderstand.

I find it really appalling that those who have never served in the military are applauding the actions of this SEAL.

------------------------------------ you don't know WHO on this board has had a military job BSailor .

 

[pismoe]

The Navy outlined its evidence including cell phone photos that show Gallagher holding up the head of the deceased fighter during a reenlistment ceremony.



That evidence is considered privileged and was not shown in court because it could be used as propaganda by enemies of US troops.


The government also said it had a video of the Iraqi fighter before he was killed.


Prosecutors also presented evidence that they say shows that Chief Gallagher tried to bribe fellow SEALs not to talk about the incident to NCIS investigators.


Gallagher's private defense attorney, Phil Stackhouse, questioned conflicts in dates and testimony in court and asked if investigators were able to determine if the ISIS fighter could have died from injuries suffered in an airstrike.


Stackhouse told NBC 7 in an exclusive interview that he's confident his client will be acquitted.

Navy SEAL accused of killing teen ISIS fighter, using severed head during ceremony

That's horrific all the way around.

During WWII japanese propaganda insisted that Americans were VICIOUS MURDERERS who would slaughter their families. Everone believed it. The result: 1. people (civilians) would rather die than be captured by the Americans. So they did.
2. Japanese soldiers, believing that American troops would just slaughter them, fought longer and harder, until the death in most cases, resulting in MORE U.S. casualties!


and that was just because of lying propaganda.

Yet now I see conservatives want to make the lying propaganda actually true!

They actually want us to become heartless murderers.

Which will be used against us by extremist muslims.

Resulting in MORE American deaths.

By beheading enemy soldiers (or committing other atrocities) they are causing the death of even MORE innocent civilians and U.S. troops.

Be American. Do NOT commit atrocities.

----------------------------------------- so you are skeered eh 'any name' ??

 

[pismoe]

The Navy outlined its evidence including cell phone photos that show Gallagher holding up the head of the deceased fighter during a reenlistment ceremony.

Promote Gallagher to mad Dog Mattis' former position , and ISIS would be muslim fairytale in no time

~S~

You DO realize that what this SEAL did is against the Geneva Conventions, right?

Duck the Geneva Convention. Serves but one purpose. To give our enemies advantage...

What? I'm a Colonel in the US Army, been serving since I a young man.

My job is designing ways to defeat radical Islam. It's what I do and I can tell you 100% for fact that being animals like they are would not advance that goal one bit.

One of the things that makes us unique as a country is that we show mercy even to our enemies. It's not just something that makes us unique, it's something that makes us one of the most powerful nations in the history of the world.

--------------------------------- i think that YOU are new style military same as BSailor . Old style military figured out long ago that the enemy needs to be killed Dandy . [see hiroshima , nagasaki , and dresden and ww2 which were done with after 4 years General Dandy] .

 

[pismoe]

and that was about 4 years in 2 theatres of War Fighting .

 

[pismoe]

The Navy outlined its evidence including cell phone photos that show Gallagher holding up the head of the deceased fighter during a reenlistment ceremony.



That evidence is considered privileged and was not shown in court because it could be used as propaganda by enemies of US troops.


The government also said it had a video of the Iraqi fighter before he was killed.


Prosecutors also presented evidence that they say shows that Chief Gallagher tried to bribe fellow SEALs not to talk about the incident to NCIS investigators.


Gallagher's private defense attorney, Phil Stackhouse, questioned conflicts in dates and testimony in court and asked if investigators were able to determine if the ISIS fighter could have died from injuries suffered in an airstrike.


Stackhouse told NBC 7 in an exclusive interview that he's confident his client will be acquitted.

Navy SEAL accused of killing teen ISIS fighter, using severed head during ceremony

That's horrific all the way around.

During WWII japanese propaganda insisted that Americans were VICIOUS MURDERERS who would slaughter their families. Everone believed it. The result: 1. people (civilians) would rather die than be captured by the Americans. So they did.
2. Japanese soldiers, believing that American troops would just slaughter them, fought longer and harder, until the death in most cases, resulting in MORE U.S. casualties!


and that was just because of lying propaganda.

Yet now I see conservatives want to make the lying propaganda actually true!

They actually want us to become heartless murderers.

Which will be used against us by extremist muslims.

Resulting in MORE American deaths.

By beheading enemy soldiers (or committing other atrocities) they are causing the death of even MORE innocent civilians and U.S. troops.

Be American. Do NOT commit atrocities.

--------------------------be American and kill the enemy 'AnyName' .

 

[harmonica]

The Navy outlined its evidence including cell phone photos that show Gallagher holding up the head of the deceased fighter during a reenlistment ceremony.

Promote Gallagher to mad Dog Mattis' former position , and ISIS would be muslim fairytale in no time

~S~

You DO realize that what this SEAL did is against the Geneva Conventions, right?

**** the Geneva Convention. Serves but one purpose. To give our enemies advantage...

not necessarily
...I believe the majority of deaths at the Battle of Mogadishu were civilians --but they were in the combat area
...no one is saying you can't defend yourself or kill the enemy
IMO if you are fighting terrorists, you have a lot of leeway to do what you want
....professional soldiers act professionally--not like the REMF Russians in WW2

 

[pismoe]

poor teen 'isis' fghter that hadn't even been able to date his favorite 'goat' yet ,