So you were totally undisturbed by the video because the rules of war were followed? I though the point of the video was to shed light on what that actually means.
In this case something which looks a lot like a fairly hasty series of actions that led up to a callous killing, even though it was within the rules of engagement.
Things like the idea of the "rules of war" exist to help the public believe that war is proper, hygenic and rule-driven... not a bunch of scared-shitless adrenaline charged youth on what is essentially an unchecked rampage.
The title "collateral murder" was intended to focus the viewer's attention on the appropriateness of the killings and thus of the war.
I found it disturbing as well, even though I couldn't really find it in my heart to blame the guys who shot the journalists.
I think the point of the leak was to show the public a side of war that we don't typically see so that we might realize that war is actually quite an ugly, morally shaky undertaking.
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So you were totally undisturbed by the video because the rules of war were followed? I though the point of the video was to shed light on what that actually means.
In this case something which looks a lot like a fairly hasty series of actions that led up to a callous killing, even though it was within the rules of engagement.
Things like the idea of the "rules of war" exist to help the public believe that war is proper, hygenic and rule-driven... not a bunch of scared-shitless adrenaline charged youth on what is essentially an unchecked rampage.
The title "collateral murder" was intended to focus the viewer's attention on the appropriateness of the killings and thus of the war.
> So you were totally undisturbed by the video because the rules of war were followed?
God no! never said that.
I found it disturbing as well, even though I couldn't really find it in my heart to blame the guys who shot the journalists.
I think the point of the leak was to show the public a side of war that we don't typically see so that we might realize that war is actually quite an ugly, morally shaky undertaking.