Are you trying somehow to defend this behavior? Indefensible.
No.... I am defending the Marines!
THEY ARE NOT MONSTERS!
Plus... I am not going to judge these guys for their actions. This is nothing compared to what they have seen the ENEMY do to their friends and fellow Marines.
So no.... they were wrong for doing it, but SO THE **** WHAT!
Other than being soldiers, they are our representatives in a foreign land. This kind of thing reflects very badly on us as a nation and puts their fellow soldiers in danger of retribution from the enemy. You may not judge them but I have no such blind spot, they are doing the kind of thing we went to war to fight and have no business wearing that uniform.
These guys do not receive "ambassador pay". They are sent to war to "destroy" the enemy. If the enemy does not "fear" death, killing them all day does not make a difference. If "pissing on them" makes them believe they cannot join their god in paradise (therefore what is the use in fighting), that is the tool that needs to be used. Pershing did something similar in the Phillipines: he ordered muslim bodies to be desecrated with pig's blood, and then released the last one of that bunch of terrorists to get out the word. If you want to be ugly (deceit, destruction and death), we will "end you" (never get to paradise under "your" beliefs).
We think it is horrible to desecrate the dead. We are not there. Our guys are given a mission; we can either tell them what to do or we can tell them how to act. We cannot tell them both.
How long do you want this "war" to continue? The islamist extremists have committed their resources and lives to ending all things "Western" (the great Satan), and murdering every Jew. Just killing islamists will not end the war. The muslims have huge families, and the families that cannot support their children, well, have those children recruited for terrorism (jihad). Historically, the only way to stop islamists on the march is to do something to the bodies that (under islamic beliefs) stops them from entering paradise. "Pissing on them" is probably the least evil way to accomplish this.
But you probably know better, please tell us how to stop islamists from killing us.


