Marine Throws Puppy Off Cliff in Iraq

[dalthauser]

Apparently a U.S Marine throws a defenseless little puppy over a cliff while his friends laugh about Mar
If it weren't for someone posting it on YouTube I'd never have known about it.

It sounds like he got an administrative discharge which is unacceptable- if it's true - it should have been dishonorable - and he should have been prosecuted based on our animal cruelty laws.

Article here: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/12/marine.puppy/index.html?iref=newssearch

I won't embed the Youtube video - if you want to see it you can go to Youtube and search (it's probably on the front page anyway).

P.S: If I see this guy on Larry King later I'm going to send CNN a box of rotten eggs.

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Comments

[dydan.livejournal.com]

To me it speaks volumes about how the common soldier is "educated" by their higher ups. Its easier to dehumanize the native people in the region you are invading. So in WW2 the Japanese were "gooks". They arent Iraqi people, they are "towel-heads" or the ever popular "sand nigger" - and yes I've heard both disgusting terms thrown around quite a bit since 9/11.

We have soliders using the Koran as target practice and a host of human rights abuses from Blackwater and our own troops.

So is it really that much of a stretch to think our soldiers are capable of tossing a puppy off a cliff?

As disgusting and deplorable as it is...and as much as I HATE to see such things....it doesnt surprise me at all.

What worries me MORE is the shit that is going on that people are too intimidated/scared to report on. Wouldnt suprise me in the least to hear stories of defenseless Iraqi women being raped....or worse.

(sarcasm)But hey....its all good right? Since we're spreading democracy! (/sarcasm)

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

Good point.

I remember when I saw the pictures of prisoners being abused - I was beside myself, and a friend said "they are taught to behave this way" - I couldn't believe it, but now - of course, I do.

[dydan.livejournal.com]

Its no wonder that soldiers come back from combat tours a little wonky. We're raised from birth with the notion that hurting people is wrong, killing is wrong. Then you go into the armed forces where you suddenly are called to do the very things you've been told all your life are wrong. So its easier for the soldier to do his killing and maiming when he is told they arent PEOPLE he's hurting, they are commies, or gooks, or towel-heads or whatever other lovely little label the military brass thinks up to take away from the fact that these are indeed human beings.

And then when the soldiering job is done they go home and have to go back to being socially acceptable?

I just dont think a person's psyche is equipped for that. Not without some serious therapy.

I would NEVER make a good soldier.