Quote of the Day | 0409
“During the course of my three tours, the rules of engagement changed a lot,” Washburn’s testimony continued, “The higher the threat the more viciously we were permitted and expected to respond. Something else we were encouraged to do, almost with a wink and nudge, was to carry ‘drop weapons’, or by my third tour, ‘drop shovels’. We would carry these weapons or shovels with us because if we accidentally shot a civilian, we could just toss the weapon on the body, and make them look like an insurgent.”
Iraq War Vet: “We Were Told to Just Shoot People,
and the Officers Would Take Care of Us”
[x]#7358 fan vrijdag 9 april 2010 @ 11:25:30
