Once again our civilian leaders who have never been to war, much less seen combat, jump to condemn the very soldiers that allow them to live in the luxury most of us enjoy in America.
The Marine peeing incident would have been a joke had it occurred during the Vietnam War and it’s likely that this clear non-event would have never been reported, much less even casually discussed. Pissing on people who are trying to kill you in a fire fight is not worth mentioning and wouldn’t have been if it weren’t for some poor idiot lacking common sense while pointing a video camera at everything that moves or breathes.
The heat of battle stirs up many emotions and relieving one’s self in the dirt or where your dead enemy happens to lie is part of the decompression process and emotional letdown that occurs after battle for those soldiers that haven't already peed their pants from the sheer terror of combat.
Save the condemnation and self-righteousness for the true atrocities that are committed against the American people every day by our politicians unless maybe you’d like to go out and take up the fight on your countries behalf. Maybe serving in the military should be a prerequisite for leading our military.
Thank God the military is subject to the UCMJ and the courts-martial process rather than civilian law. At least these guys will be judged by their peers and disciplined accordingly for their pissing contest that happened to be caught on camera.
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