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Originally Posted by BigV
those aren't militants...
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You know this how?
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...those are simple brutal criminals. that is nothing like a political statement, or a military action.
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It is certainly a statement of violence common to an insurgency, terrorize the population to see things and do things your way.
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hanging the son of a police officer for not being given a police vehicle is just criminal.
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No, it is a common terroristic tactic used to influence those in the immediate area. The Nazi's did the same thing in WWll.
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The response to such crimes should be from the law enforcement part of the government--not the military, though in Afghanistan, there is considerable overlap there.
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What do you do when there is no such structure? What do you do when there is no such "law enforcement"?
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it is a terrible tragic story, but not about a military situation, just about cruel fucking criminals.
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It is absolutely a military situation. A situation that our troops and the troops of other nations in support of the action encounter on a regular basis. So maybe we should just agree to disagree.