Quote Originally Posted by Elhuero View Post
troops are supposed to take photos of corpses for identification.

I saw a couple of GIs posing for a smiling photo with the corpse of a dearly departed hajji.

I did not see them cutting off fingers, raping anyone, killing children, beheading prisoners or double dipping their potato chips in the zesty ranch dip.

those photos are "repulsive" simply because those publicizing them say they're "repulsive".

the photos didn't bother me a bit.

our soldier's job is to kill, not be nice or politically correct.

I say stow the bullshit and let them do their jobs (kill the enemy) already.

this goes a little further than ID Photos
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In one incident in May last year, the article says, during a patrol, the team apprehended a mullah who was standing by the road and took him into a ditch where they made him kneel down.
The group's leader, Staff Sergeant Calvin Gibbs, then allegedly threw a grenade at the man while an order was given for him to be shot.
Afterwards, Gibbs is described cutting off one of the man's little fingers and removing a tooth.
The patrol team later claimed to their superiors that the mullah had tried to threaten them with a grenade and that they had no choice but to shoot.
If its an ID Photo, the teams I worked with never wanted to be in the shot.
Those are typical trophy photos accompanied with some seriously negative testimony.