Marines urinating on Taliban bodies

[Harry Potter]

WASHINGTON, DC — A video that appears to show United States Marines urinating on the dead bodies of Taliban fighters could implicate those involved in war crimes, CNN reported on Wednesday.

The 39-second video posted on YouTube and TMZ.com appears to show combat-ready soldiers desecrating the remains of several bodies on the ground; it’s titled “Marines peeing on taliban.”

CNN said a Marine Corps official identified the soldiers as being from a sniper squad based on their equipment, including helmets and weapons. In extreme cases, an act such as urinating on a body could be construed as a war crime, the official told the network.

A user named “semperfiLoneVoice” uploaded the video to YouTube on Tuesday.

video at link, WARNING: GRAPHIC

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/...y-shows-us-marines-desecrating-taliban-bodies

 

[Lambtron]

AND I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN
WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[Atramental]

At least they didn't blow up a dog this time.

Edit: Oh wait, that was the Army right?

 

[Brazil]

AND I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN
WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

There are stupid soldiers who do disgusting things in every military. You shouldn't feel special.

That said... Ugh.

 

[Kapura]

fuck the taliban

 

[Dr. Malik]

I was just about to post this, shameful

 

[freenudemacusers]

I like the 'if verified as authentic'. YouTube uploader must have quite the editing station.

 

[Grakl]

There are stupid soldiers who do disgusting things in every military. You shouldn't feel special.

That said... Ugh.

This kind of echoes Abu Ghraib. The U.S. military seems to act pretty shitty towards people it has control over.

 

[Blackace]

Peeing on the dead bodies of people you are paid to killled is a war crime?

 

[Srsly]

I'd do it too. Fuck religious fundamentalists

 

[TheKaeptain]

Peeing on the dead bodies of people you are paid to killled is a war crime?

Desecration of the body is.

 

[akira28]

Yeah, overcompensating. Pick now, to have principles, over such a useless trifle.

 

[Derrick01]

If it was just taliban forces than I'm having a hard time caring. They're the clear bad guys and who didn't want to do something like this after 9/11 and finding out they were involved?

I'm still pretty pissed about the dog incident though.

 

[NullPointer]

Peeing on the dead bodies of people you are paid to killled is a war crime?

First I've heard.

It's war.

Why the hell should I care whether soldiers piss on their dead enemies? Bullets desecrate living bodies more than pissing on a corpse.

 

[Wthermans]

I like the 'if verified as authentic'. YouTube uploader must have quite the editing station.

Bro, that was just me and a couple friends taking a pee on some mannequins while dressed in fatigues and holding some airsoft rifles.

 

[Stinkles]

Well, they shouldn't. It's unprofessional. But it should also be noted THAT THEY KILLED THEM AS WELL. And that's about as much of a shit as I care to give. If it was civilians I could muster slightly more outrage, but if they are real combatants then getting pissed on is the least of the things they need to worry about.

 

[Something Wicked]

I didn't know R. Kelly joined the Marines.

 

[Blackace]

Desecration of the body is.

So shooting them in the face is all good tho?

 

[Gareth Bale]

First I've heard.

It's war.

Why the hell should I care whether soldiers piss on their dead enemies?

You don't think their family will care if someone urinates on the corpse of their loved one?

So shooting them in the face is all good tho?

You really can't see the difference between the two?

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

cue the angry Muslim Protest, and we're good...

 

[Salvor.Hardin]

There are stupid soldiers who do disgusting things in every military. You shouldn't feel special.

That said... Ugh.

I agree. But the thing is that fucked up soldiers from other armies murder, torture and rape. All detestable, but actions that are not hard to comprehend. The twisted shit that comes out from the American army would confound the best of psychologists.

Shit like this doesn't arise from surging testosterone and hormone levels, needs of army intelligence gathering or war fatigue.

 

[yacobod]

who cares. guys are dead.

go read about the eastern front of ww2 if you want to educate yourself about real atrocities.

 

[TheKaeptain]

First I've heard.

It's war.

Why the hell should I care whether soldiers piss on their dead enemies? Bullets desecrate living bodies more than any piss does to a corpse.

Because they're not supposed to fuck with the bodies after confirmation of death.

 

[Master Thespian]

Some people act pretty shitty towards people they have control over.

Fixed.

There are people like this everywhere all throughout history. It's not a US military thing.

 

[Blackace]

who cares. guys are dead.

go read about the eastern front of ww2 if you want to educate yourself about real atrocities.

WWII was full of them on all fronts!!

 

[akira28]

You don't think their family will care if someone urinates on the corpse of their loved one?

They might care more that they have a corpse instead of a son. If they're worried about his 'honor' or whatever, he's not. Not anymore.

 

[Stinkles]

Because they're not supposed to fuck with the bodies after confirmation of death.

Maybe they were peeing on them to be SURE.

"Bro, what the fuck are you pissing on me? Death to America."

 

[Admiral Bone to Pick]

It's not classy but it's certainly not something to get outraged about. I'm not going to pretend I'm angry about this when the soldiers in question were from the damn Taliban.

 

[Shorty]

If it was just taliban forces than I'm having a hard time caring. They're the clear bad guys and who didn't want to do something like this after 9/11 and finding out they were involved?

I'm still pretty pissed about the dog incident though.

Hahaha 'they're the bad guys'. gotta love simple minds

 

[Chuck (Old)]

Just goes to show that these soldiers have no class.

 

[Kapura]

You really can't see the difference between the two?

You're right. It's not the same at all. Shooting somebody in the face is much worse.

 

[squidyj]

Keep it classy marines, keep it classy.

 

[freenudemacusers]

Maybe they were peeing on them to be SURE.

"Bro, what the fuck are you pissing on me? Death to America."

Sternal rub would likely be more effective. Shit hurts.

 

[Grakl]

Fixed.

There are people like this everywhere all throughout history. It's not a US military thing.

So what, I can't focus on one country? This act can only add fuel to the fire, and yes, the US military gets the most coverage when it comes to doing stupid stuff to people they kill, at least in the context of the current wars in the middle east, which is what I'm focusing on.

 

[Stinkles]

Hahaha 'they're the bad guys'. gotta love simple minds

They are fighting and killing to eject an "enemy" whose stated intention is to get the fuck out of the country the second they stop fighting and killing people. So it may be more complicated than "bad guys" but they are still working against their own best interests in an attempt to further retard progress and democracy in one of the most backward regions of the planet.

 

[TheKaeptain]

So shooting them in the face is all good tho?

War, despite what people think, has rules. As military personal you're supposed to be obey the R.O.E. and be perfessonal at all times. What they did is consider unbecoming of Military personal is something that is taking very seriously.

 

[Wthermans]

who cares. guys are dead.

go read about the eastern front of ww2 if you want to educate yourself about real atrocities.

Yeah, heaven forbid we try to hold our soldiers to higher standards. We should just start targeting civilians again. I mean, it happened in WW2 so we shouldn't try to stop it from happening.

 

[NullPointer]

You don't think their family will care if someone urinates on the corpse of their loved one?

Once again - it's war. If these were innocents I would be outraged. If this were the family members I'd be outraged.

But piss? AFTER putting bullets through faces and turning formerly living beings into torn meat? Yeah - I'm having a hard time seeing the problem outside of some sense of decency towards the enemy that one shouldn't really expect much of on a battlefield.

 

[Air Zombie Meat]

Whatever you guys think about it it's something thats forbidden.

 

[Derrick01]

Hahaha 'they're the bad guys'. gotta love simple minds

Uhh they are man. Did I just run into a Taliban defense force? I know the joke is we have one for everything here but I didn't think we had one for something this extreme.

 

[akira28]

Yeah, heaven forbid we try to hold our soldiers to higher standards. We should just start targeting civilians again. I mean, it happened in WW2 so we shouldn't try to stop it from happening.

We do hold them to standards. They should be reprimanded, but war crimes? Maybe if they strung them up and butchered them on camera, yes. But urinating on the bodies? Small stuff man.

 

[Harry Potter]

Once again - it's war. If these were innocents I would be outraged. If this were the family members I'd be outraged.

But piss? AFTER putting bullets through faces and turning formerly living beings into torn meat? Yeah - I'm having a hard time seeing the problem outside of some sense of decency towards the enemy that one shouldn't really expect much of on a battlefield.

But what does it accomplish? Just makes the rest of the world hate us more.

 

[Something Wicked]

I didn't realize "The Golden Kandahar" was banned in the Geneva Convention.

 

[Wthermans]

Uhh they are man. Did I just run into a Taliban defense force? I know the joke is we have one for everything here but I didn't think we had one for something this extreme.

Perhaps a ROE or Geneva Conventions Defense Force.

IBbuttheTalibandon'tcount

 

[Gareth Bale]

They are fighting and killing to eject an "enemy" whose stated intention is to get the fuck out of the country the second they stop fighting and killing people. So it may be more complicated than "bad guys" but they are still working against their own best interests in an attempt to further retard progress and democracy in one of the most backward regions of the planet.

That's an incredibly simplistic view

 

[Grakl]

Uhh they are man. Did I just run into a Taliban defense force? I know the joke is we have one for everything here but I didn't think we had one for something this extreme.

No, of course not. That's just stupid. There is simply a U.S. military defense force that wishes to hold our soldiers up to a higher standard. This isn't honorable. "Fuck honor in war," right? Too bad, because the other side will always use it as an excuse to wage even more war, which is more reason why we shouldn't act this way.

 

[Wthermans]

We do hold them to standards. They should be reprimanded, but war crimes? Maybe if they strung them up and butchered them on camera, yes. But urinating on the bodies? Small stuff man.

I agree war crimes is a bit harsh. Personally I'd say a dishonorable discharge + large fine and/or short stint in jail.

 

[Orayn]

Uhh they are man. Did I just run into a Taliban defense force? I know the joke is we have one for everything here but I didn't think we had one for something this extreme.

No. None of this "GAF HAS A DEFENSE FORCE FOR EVERYTHING!" nonsense. The point of that comment was that disrespecting a body shouldn't be okay even if they're the enemy.

 

[Blackace]

You don't think their family will care if someone urinates on the corpse of their loved one?



You really can't see the difference between the two?

I don't think the family cares about the pee as much as the dome shot..you can't see the difference between the two?

Don't get me wrong, it is really lame to kill someone and pee on them... but during war people do strange things.. and as long as the strange things aren't hurting non-combatants..

 

[~Kinggi~]

I probably should be disturbed but something about the Taliban makes me not give a shit. Fuck em.