Mercenaries banned in Iraq

No matter what, losing a child is a tragedy.

I'm speaking out of my era, but didn't this happen in Vietnam? Using children as weapons is not a new tactic, right? I can't imagine the psychological scars that must come from an experience like this.

May the Great Spirit bless our troops and bring some resolvement to this whole conflict.
 
When I was in High School(early 80's) I had to do an interview with a Vietnam vet. He was describing how life was during his tour there when he asked me to turn off the tape recorder. He then told me about the time he had to kill a 7 or 8 year old child that was sent into the camp with a live grenade. He only had a second to think about it and he reacted in the manner he thought best. He fired until the magazine was empty. Over a decade later he still had nightmares and it was always in his thoughts. He said he would do it again to save his fellow troops, but he never got over it. I personally can't imagine the guilt that would be associated with this. It's a no win situation, kill the child or let your men die.

War sucks........A lot.:mad:
 
Two completely different cultures; sorta like how our prisoners were treated poorly by the Japanese during WWII since surrendering was seen as much more dishonorable than dying. Some people cannot grasp these differences-- those are the same people I hear all the time in the line at Starbuck's, making comments like, "Why do those Israelis always have to retaliate with force?". I've never worked with Middle Easterners, so I don't know their thinking. I did find one article entertaining, though; some Iraqis were blaming the British for a "plague" of honey badgers! Here's the article... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6295138.stm It's hard to believe that in the 21st century there are still people who think this way...
 
Speaking of vietnam, there were a lot of terrorist bombings going there as well. I wonder how many people remember that? Blowing up cafes and discos, etc...
 
Not a personal experience, but my cousin was a SeaBee in Nam. They had a 14-year-old who did their laundry, kept their hooch clean, and fetched. One night, the Marines got the kid as he tried to get through the wire with a satchel charge. Jerry said he hoped the kid wasn't going for their hooch. The story in the vil was that the VC gave the kid the choice of the satchel charge or they would off his entire family, right down to garndpapa. Evil people know no limits.
 
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