There's a bunch of articles out there with a bunch of different perspectives on the leak, so I'll just link a few. Pretty much everyone is reporting on it if you don't find these sources sufficient. Wikileaks: More Than 109,000 Deaths During Iraq War - ABC News US turned blind eye to torture - Secret Iraq Files - Al Jazeera English Iraq war logs: secret files show how US ignored torture | World news | The Guardian What would a leak be without a member of the establishment elite essentially saying the Government is allowed to do what it wants? Remember Mrs. Clinton, if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about, right? [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2V2YwmyKNU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2V2YwmyKNU[/ame] And before the State apologists come out of the woodworks, WikiLeaks went through this leak with a fine-toothed comb and removed all the names they possibly could. They even asked the Pentagon if they wanted to collaborate, but the Pentagon declined, lengthening the release date
yo shade My B for calling you out on how many civs were getting killin in iraq way back when.... guess I was wrong
Yay! now innocent people are going to probably be killed so that leftists can feel self righteous! YAY! How do you tell the difference between civilians and insurgents wearing civilian cloths?
Funny how your kind cries wolf about the 'INNOCENT CIVILIANS', meanwhile predator drones are killing civilians by the hundreds, bombing their weddings, funerals, etc., and your inevitable excuse is 'ITS WAR, WAR IS A DIRTY JOB'. Not only that, there's no evidence this leak will harm civilians, because WikiLeaks has spent the past few months redacting all the names in the documents. You're also forgetting the proximate cause of civilian deaths. GOING INTO AN UNJUSTIFIED, UNDECLARED WAR IN THE FIRST PLACE. Lol, you neo-cons are so predictable.
Because the ones with guns are the ones they're supposed to be arsed about? Shooting everyone then saying "well we didn't know which ones were the bad guys" doesn't really stand up.
The RoE is and has been for nearly 6 years now that you cannot fire at anyone without being fired upon. At least in my branch. If you need more directions after that . . . well yah know
Yeah but, "Shit Happens" right? [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOFL32BqhiE]YouTube - Checkpoint Killings[/ame] I'm not defending the actions of the Kids & Adults sent overseas, with no information about the culture, or really how to handle a country who's infrastructure has been completely removed, about how much a highly religious sort of set-in-their-ways people, American Soldiers are going to have to deal with. No, Shame on the Government for doing things haphazardly... Whats that saying? "The Old Politicians send the Young Men to die in war" The attatude of the first-world nation, clashing with that of a third-world, highly relgious country, It just invites differences. Hell, how many American Infantry know any basic Arabic? Certanly not the majority were looking out the people, & insted for themselves. But hey, It's 'War' Right? Props to Wiki' for bringing the Transparency We The People, Deserve.