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Originally posted by DinoDoc
I'd rather the Air Force stop giving out speed to its pilots.
An issue that was raised by the defense (Chicago Sun Times: The pilots' attorneys raised the possibility that amphetamines--dubbed "go pills'--that the Air Force prescribed for the pilots impaired their judgment.)
These have been shown to cause impaired judgement, and most likely had a great deal to do with the pilots actions.
The true nature of a man is shown by what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
Originally posted by DinoDoc
I'd rather the Air Force stop giving out speed to its pilots.
Yeah, isn't it interesting how the military was so gung-ho on prosecuting these pilots until the defence lawyers raised the issue of amphetimes. Once the drug issue gets raised, the government suddenly decides it doesn't want a public court martial.
A trial could have put the spotlight on how the military forces pilots to take uppers.
Now we'll never know whether drugs played a big role in the accident. We'll never know whether there are systematic problems with sending National Guard units into combat.
And of course, the pilots get off with a slap on the wrist even though they deliberately disobeyed orders, even though they violated standard operating procedures, even though the pilot who dropped the bomb lied when he declared self-defence, even though they failed to get a proper briefing of their mission (the pilots were the squadron commanding officer and the squadron mission commander).
The American military had a chance to investigate the causes of the accident and then implement new policies to prevent future accidents. Instead, everything gets swept under the carpet.
Originally posted by Cruddy
From what little I know of this case, the pilot was following SOP and disengaged when told to.
a) No he wasn't
b) No he didn't
He was flying too low (against standing orders)
He rolled in for a closer look and released the bomb after being told to hold off (not to disengage...but to hold at a safe distance)
He used the flimsy excuse that he felt threatened by small-arms fire (enough so that his safest action was to get close and drop a bomb rather than to run away and hold at a safe distance/altitude)
He's a f*cking nincompoop, and a danger to anybody underneath him.
The Afghani war was a failure. About 15% of Afghanistan is under American friendly government control (if you can call it control). Foreign troops will be needed indefinately to prop up what government there is.
The results of the trial don't surprise me. The US has never cared about friendly fire and will never take steps to reduce allied casualties.
So, did anyone hear the final friendly fire score from the Iraq war ? It had passed 50 (military) when I lost count.
Has there ever been a definative number released on Iraqi troups killed ? I know they were evil scum sucking fiends, but just for the fun of it, lets count them as humans. Were there any numbers released on civilian casualties?
But the operation was a success. Oil is peacefully flowing out of Iraq and into American controlled bank accounts.
The sacrifice was worth it.
There's nothing wrong with the dream, my friend, the problem lies with the dreamer.
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