what a glorious day for the auld democracy

[JackSnakes]

This case don't sit right with me, on the one hand you have a wounded prisoner who without a doubt would have offed the soldier in an instance or publicly beheaded him if the rolls were reversed, being cold bloodedly murdered,the murderer dragging his fellow soldiers into it in the process, his subsequent charge and sentence being reduced by pressure from the red tops and others, the thing that scares me is where does it stop, are we going to turn a blind eye to every crime commited by the armed forces simply because they are "our boys "?

Yes.

[Airdrieman]

Maybe I shouldn't have quoted your "joke" since my post actually had fk all to do with your feeble attempt at humour

I thought it was funny. Some folk are hard to please.

[JackSnakes]

oh what tae do.....when you get the human rights lawyers like phil shiner oot tae get "our boys" for farting within 5 feet of an iraqi.

wonder how much ££££ he made oot of this?

and i wonder how many convictions were made on the back of a pack o lies?

This one wasn't a lie though was it. It was video taped and the marine murdered the boy. No question.
The only way they could get him off was inventing some pish about stress and battlefield trauma which everyone knows is just a pack of lies.
The fact that he was an enemy combatant from an organisation (The taliban - not ISIS, you tit) that had recently hung the limbs of dead British servicemen from trees as trophies is neither here nor there.
There are rules. Jackman broke them. An enemy prisoner of war was murdered on camera, and clowns like you think it is okay.
Lowering yourself to be no better than those you are fighting is not what this country is supposed to be about.

[Red_Zeppelin]

rules? rules only seem to be applied to one side and that's us.

we've become too soft.

the marine did the right thing, one less taliban and god knows hows many other lives saved.

I can still get a goods night sleep after saying that,

[psych]

rules? rules only seem to be applied to one side and that's us.

we've become too soft.

the marine did the right thing, one less taliban and god knows hows many other lives saved.

I can still get a goods night sleep after saying that,

How many Taliban have travelled thousands of miles to our country with guns to dictate how we should live our lives in our own country? Because that's what The British Army are doing in Afghanistan.

[boowho]

rules? rules only seem to be applied to one side and that's us.

we've become too soft.

the marine did the right thing, one less taliban and god knows hows many other lives saved.

I can still get a goods night sleep after saying that,

one less or 10 thousand more cause of this pricks cold blooded murder ?

No love for the taliban or isis or whatever,,but ffs come on...caught bang to rights found gulity by a british court and lo and behold...lets change the rules

watched a programme a few weeks ago.....some pilot in Helmand..british soldier talking abut IED;s how cowardly they were and how the taliban were cowards cause they wouldnt come out to fight man to man....cut to next scene, same British soldier in a 50 million pound apache homing in on two taliban armed with AK 47's.......blew them to bits but the irony never even crossed the thick ****s mind !!

[Hairdrier]

Ludicrous that the guy was/is in jail in the first place, for doing his job.
Soldiers are basically paid to kill people - not to blow kisses at them.

[Red_Zeppelin]

How many Taliban have travelled thousands of miles to our country with guns to dictate how we should live our lives in our own country? Because that's what The British Army are doing in Afghanistan.

nae sure about taliban.........but maybe you should waken up to some o the stuff going on in germany and sweden right now.,,,,,,,locals being dictated to in theire country right enough.

[psych]

nae sure about taliban.........but maybe you should waken up to some o the stuff going on in germany and sweden right now.,,,,,,,locals being dictated to in theire country right enough.

so the answer is none. And now you are conflating 2 different things.

[JackSnakes]

Ludicrous that the guy was/is in jail in the first place, for doing his job.
Soldiers are basically paid to kill people - not to blow kisses at them.

Aye - and footballers are paid to put the ball in the opposition's net and keep it out of their own... but there are rules.
It is most certainly NOT ludicrous that our rule of law was followed and that this man was jailed.
What WAS ludicrous was that his stupid mate allowed the footage to be seen by anyone other then those who were there...