Comments on: Captain Semrau Goes to Trial http://registan.net/index.php/2009/09/20/captain-semrau-goes-to-trial/ Central Asia News -- All Central Asia, All The Time Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:53:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe Clark http://registan.net/index.php/2009/09/20/captain-semrau-goes-to-trial/comment-page-1/#comment-382635 Joe Clark Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:55:32 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=9529#comment-382635 your absolutely right Steve connors kill em from 5000 feet sham on you , from three feet you get the chair. if they only knew how many gut shoot red chines my great uncle took mercy on and finished off in Korea they would shut up . your absolutely right Steve connors kill em from 5000 feet sham on you , from three feet you get the chair. if they only knew how many gut shoot red chines my great uncle took mercy on and finished off in Korea they would shut up .

]]> By: Joe Clark http://registan.net/index.php/2009/09/20/captain-semrau-goes-to-trial/comment-page-1/#comment-382634 Joe Clark Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:40:28 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=9529#comment-382634 kill them now and you wont have to kill them later , after he has killed your son or daughter . between my son and my nephews they have served six tours of combat duty in Iraq and now another is headed to afghanistan and i want them to come back alive what ever it takes that is the only rule of war . save our people not the enemy. look back at history there are people who have defeted afghanistan and Iraq it wasn't with love and kisses it was with hard men just like captain semrau. he is a hero , they want a political war send a politician to fight i could accept 30.000 casualties then . no problem. hang in there capt. kill them now and you wont have to kill them later , after he has killed your son or daughter . between my son and my nephews they have served six tours of combat duty in Iraq and now another is headed to afghanistan and i want them to come back alive what ever it takes that is the only rule of war . save our people not the enemy. look back at history there are people who have defeted afghanistan and Iraq it wasn’t with love and kisses it was with hard men just like captain semrau. he is a hero , they want a political war send a politician to fight i could accept 30.000 casualties then . no problem. hang in there capt.

]]> By: MILNEWS.ca http://registan.net/index.php/2009/09/20/captain-semrau-goes-to-trial/comment-page-1/#comment-382579 MILNEWS.ca Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:00:25 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=9529#comment-382579 While I take MSM accounts only in aggregate (and with a grain of salt at that), some accounts say the severely injured Taliban was disarmed (as mentioned in <a href="http://www.registan.net/index.php/2009/01/08/details-emerge-in-the-semrau-case/" rel="nofollow">your 8 Jan 09 post</a>), and the incident happened after the battle was over. <b>IF</b> that was the case, most Western militaries look harshly on killing a wounded combatant. That said, I look forward to more details to see how this plays out. Good luck to Captain Semrau. While I take MSM accounts only in aggregate (and with a grain of salt at that), some accounts say the severely injured Taliban was disarmed (as mentioned in your 8 Jan 09 post), and the incident happened after the battle was over. IF that was the case, most Western militaries look harshly on killing a wounded combatant.

That said, I look forward to more details to see how this plays out. Good luck to Captain Semrau.

]]> By: Steve Connors http://registan.net/index.php/2009/09/20/captain-semrau-goes-to-trial/comment-page-1/#comment-382578 Steve Connors Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:54:03 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=9529#comment-382578 "Accidentally killing scores of innocent people results in no reprimands and paper changes to engagement rules; killing an insurgent after a firefight gets murder charges. I don’t get it." Maybe I'm misreading you somehow but, really? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hors_de_combat “Accidentally killing scores of innocent people results in no reprimands and paper changes to engagement rules; killing an insurgent after a firefight gets murder charges. I don’t get it.”

Maybe I’m misreading you somehow but, really?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hors_de_combat

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