tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575055354011824639.post1127177851947403559..comments2023-10-09T09:23:27.905-04:00Comments on The Veteran Experience - by Ben Shaw: Paul's IncidentsBen Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08280885836684955658noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575055354011824639.post-44984224167980189962009-01-13T18:24:00.000-05:002009-01-13T18:24:00.000-05:00This contributes nothing to pro-troops sentiment i...This contributes nothing to pro-troops sentiment in Iraq nor to pro-Iraqi sentiment in the troops. It is a heartbreaking reality.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763209657254848735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575055354011824639.post-59951523889880833882009-01-13T16:37:00.000-05:002009-01-13T16:37:00.000-05:00A guy with a car bomb probably drives about the sa...A guy with a car bomb probably drives about the same as a nut trying to avoid a checkpoint.<BR/><BR/>There was a saying during Vietnam that you could always distinguish the NVA from South Vietnamese, because the NVA would kill you. However, it was wise not to wait until they identified them selves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575055354011824639.post-36900322181442487892009-01-13T08:28:00.000-05:002009-01-13T08:28:00.000-05:00"He wasn't a bad guy after all" but he was a direc..."He wasn't a bad guy after all" but he was a direct threat to you and your Marines. And you had to do what you had to do. I am sorry that you have to live with this kind of guilt. <BR/><BR/> I have heard these stories over and over about Iraqi civilians runnning through checkpoints. I don't get it either.<BR/><BR/>Do they have the same respect for life as we do? Have they just given up on their life, country etc... and see this as a means to an end? Are there warning shots fired and they still think they are hearing warning shots? Or...they know that civilians are not targeted and somehow think the checkpoints do not apply to them? <BR/><BR/>What do the terps say about this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com