VetVoice on UriNation video

dicksmith writes about the video we discussed last night which depicted five soldiers as they urinated on and filmed some dead Taliban soldiers.

But what is clear is that these Marines’ leaders did not instill in them the regulations they were to follow, the importance of those regulations to the mission and how doing something like this can adversely affect the mission and fuel the insurgency. Endless war causes a degradation of leadership. It becomes more clear with each new scandal that this is undoubtedly happening to our military.

I disagree, of course…I wouldn’t blame their leaders. If this was a team of snipers, as news reports suggest, they’re probably accustomed to working outside the immediate reach of their leadership. They knew that what they were doing is wrong, and they did it anyway.

But one thing I noticed in dicksmith’s missive; when Brandon Friedman wrote about Abu Ghraib, probably a similar incident, Friedman always blamed the Bush Administration for leadership failures.

Now, if dicksmith wanted to be consistent with VoteVet editorial policy, he should probably blame the Obama Administration for their contribution to this incident. I’m pretty sure that Joe Biden sent out directives for the troops to piss on the dead enemy…it sounds as effective as dividing up Iraq to force peace on them, and pinning our hopes in Afghanistan on robot ninja zombies. Of course, my theory falls apart since Biden doesn’t think that the Taliban are the enemy…but I’d call for an investigation anyway.

Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden