The Barnyard

Photos with the body parts of suicide bombers. Hopefully, the sarcasm can be seen in my post.

These are idiots that chose to strap a bomb to themselves and not care about who, or what, they destroyed when they exploded. Who gives a ____ if out troops pose with these DA's? I mean seriously. They pose with Americans, even if innocent, that they kill. They pose with their own countrymen that they kill. Don't apologize when these idiots blow themselves up and we take photos of it.

If an individual wads trying to blow my head off, or my fellow troops, I'd take a picture of his parts and then sell his body parts for a profit on e bay, if possible. Guess I don't have any morals.

Military code of honor. I don't have a problem with it per se, but if the military does then I am 100 percent in agreement with that policy.

If it would save American lives, as ABCFlag believes, then I would be in agreement with this rule. However, I don't believe these killers need any motivation to kill Americans; they will do it at any given time if the opportunity presents itself.

I should mention that I don't agree with burning the Koran or anything along these lines. And I of course don't agree with opening fire on a village of innocent people. But when someone tries to murder you, retaliate and celebrate in any way you choose.

I would be curious as to whether the majority of soldiers agree with this code?

as a Veteran I would never "CELEBRATE" murdering anyone you just realize it is your job at that time and you do it..... fact remains lots of people in Pakistan and Afghanistan all they have to be in life is a "follower".. they want something to believe in and they found it with Al Qaeda and being a "martyr"

The cause of the first Iraq was was just... the second I am not so sure now.. and I am a devout Republican... I think Saddam Hussein should have been gone but the atrocities performed in Syria are worse...

my response was in response to your last blurb where you said

"I should mention that I don't agree with burning the Koran or anything along these lines. And I of course don't agree with opening fire on a village of innocent people. But when someone tries to murder you, retaliate and celebrate in any way you choose.

I would be curious as to whether the majority of soldiers agree with this code?"

and thanks for thanking me for my service.. wish I would have stayed in 20 and retired...

I will point out that I agree that the people who are trying to kill us will not be swayed by these pictures. The people who may be swayed are the average Afghan citizens who are still making up their minds as to who they want to be more influential in their country, the jihadists who are also muslim although extreme, or the Americans who are christians and burn qurans and, under the laws of Islam, dishonor the bodies of the dead. I am not saying I agree that the terrorists hold any sort of high ground compared to the US, but from an innocent Afghanis perspective, I see how this sort of activity hurts our reputation and enhances that of the terrorist.

The terrorists make up a small portion of the population, but we as a country will certainly be safer in the future if we have as many moderate Muslims on our side as possible. I do not see how this picture fiasco helps us there.

I will also say however, that I have absolutely no sense of remourse or regret to this happening to the suicide bombers. I couldn't care less about them. I also feel for our soldiers because who knows how long they have been over there, what they have seen, what they have been through and how it has affected them. I honestly can't say I wouldn't snap either. But that doesn't entirely excuse what they have done.

In the larger scheme, however, I think the critical element is how this affects our standing in the moderate, average Muslim community at large. In that area of the world, we could use as many friends as we can get, especially if we plan on being everywhere in the world, all the time.

I disagree. A photo won't get anyone killed. Will the photo get the blame? At least some, yes. But, these people simply look for excuses to blame there anger on. The photo is only the scapegoat for their idiocy.... like blowing themselves up.

do you disagree with the military? cause they are denouncing this as well. i am not against the troops. they have been put in horrible circumstances over and over and over. who is to say what they might do in the heat of war? i am not trying to put them down or anything, but still believe the tradition of west point & what american values are supposed to be, and think this kind of stuff only give aid and ammo to whatever enemy we might have.

people will kill regardless, but one less or a couple less, that is a good thing. less killing all around. getting our troops out of afghanistan would be a good thing. then we can deal with the trauma these folks have been put through, like a rag through a wringer.

what would robert e lee have said? or ike? we have a great military tradition, this is not a way of continuing it.

Not sure if it's christian-like or not. Is there a verse about an eye and a tooth? Not the humble thing to do, I would agree with that. Some good points in this thread.

If it is a sin (which I'm not sure if it is), the devil might win that round with me , too, if I was in their position.

I have no sympathy for these individuals trying to kill American solidiers, nor do I think they are deserving of any respect.

Gotta tip my hat to you if you do. You must be a better man than I am when it comes to this situation.