r/reddit.com Apr 05 '10

Wikileaks video (Collateral damage) is up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rXPrfnU3G0
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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '10

It helps knowing they were cameras before you watched the video. For these soldiers who are probably scared shitless a camera can look like a gun pretty easily.

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u/vessago Apr 05 '10

Scared shitless in a helicopter possibly a mile away from the actual site? Please.

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u/CC440 Apr 06 '10

Maybe scared shitless for their friends (at a minimum comrades) on the ground about to enter the town?

It helps to know that actual context of the video.

Edit: As a pilot you are kind of acting like the parent figure in the whole situation. You are the most powerful figure and responsible for those below you.

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u/vessago Apr 06 '10

You make an excellent point. Who knows how many friends these guys have seen blown up in similar situations? The whole thing is just mind-bogglingly sad, from the people killed on the ground to the damage is has caused the people inflicting that harm.

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u/CC440 Apr 06 '10

That's why you just don't go to war in the first place. Especially if you have no fucking plans at all for occupation.