Quote Originally Posted by szlamany
Of all the things I've seen you post - this one blew me away.

Do you really, really think a "national" origin leads to higher moral ground? That smacks of prejudice...

People are people everywhere - when are we all going to finally realize that there are bad and good folks in every circle. No one group has a higher moral ground - a born right? How arrogant.
It may seem that way, but I feel there is a modicom of evidence set out before the world.

We, in the UK, pride our armed forces on a moral existence.

Unlike US forces, unless absolutely necesary, we don't wear full combat gear when dealing with women and children - a lesson well learnt in Northern Ireland.

We keep, unlike the rest of the coalition forces, our guns pointing at the ground. We don't 'scope-out' everyone out of a military uniform as a potential target.

You may call this stupid? we've lost 100 soldiers, a lot of other people have lost a lot more.

Call it ignorant if you want: the Iraqi council in Basra refused to criticise the British forces declaring that "for the good they've done, they can't be held to account on the basis of a few rotten apples"

This is what a working relationship is all about. I sympathise with the local councils, but what these UK soldiers have done is inexcusable; it is an abuse of power.

This news report, in your words, has blown me away. Call it prejudice (a very easy word to band around these days - and effective to the ill-informed reader -good spin ,though ) if you like. Call it what ever you want.

At the end of the day the facts speak for themselves.