Blue on Blue happens.
Live with it.
I have commented on how unfair it was to blame the US troops that set up the Patriot System that shot down the Tornado. No heads should roll for that, its an automatic system, the communications failure could have been at EITHER end.
No UK ppl seem to have mentioned the Blue on Blue on US troops, both here and in Desert Storm......maybe because our news service dont see any gain by giving it the same airtime.
WE killed US troops in Desert Storm too. One that comes readily to mind is a Chieftain Tank that blew the fuck out of an Abrahams (sp) Tank......ever hear of that??
Or how about the UK tank that opened fire on another UK tank in this war?
I can say one thing though..........if the US pilots werent so fucked up on drugs when they got into the cockpit, this type of thing wouldnt happen as often. USA are the only country that thinks it right to have their pilots high in this way. (Consider the Canadians they killed not so long ago....and they werent even in a combat situation then)
But even if they werent, Blue on Blue would still happen......it happens ALL THE TIME! Anyone that doesnt know the extent that it happens, and the reasons why, obviously has never been in the military.
Trust me on one thing OK?
If it DIDNT happen......there would actually be MORE casualties. It would mean people were taking TOO LONG to make decisions.....resulting in A LOT more casualties from ENEMY fire.
The crack about the French is totally unwarrented. If you feel that way, then you must still yern to be a Constitutional Monarchy......as the French sent thousands to their death to gain the USA independance.
They also fought valiantly whilst under enemy occupation in WWII...If US troops were captured they were POWs....if the French were, they were shot.
Its comments like this, that is making the world so anti-american.....you really arent doing yourself any favours.
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