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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8623581" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>True, but, there are some very important differences.</p><p></p><p>When Canadian soldiers beat a Somali kid to death, they went to jail (although, probably more of them should have) and the Airborne Regiment was disbanded. Canada, thirty years later, still doesn't have an Airborne Regiment. After the events, they started investigations throughout the Forces to identify and weed out bad actors. To varying degrees of success, fair enough, but, the attempt was at least made.</p><p></p><p>The Americans, for all their faults, have been remarkably restrained in their military actions since Viet Nam. And, again, I'm struggling to recall American run rape camps. While there have always been civilian casualties, and that's a tragedy, the US has been pretty good about keeping them to a minimum, compared to virtually any other armed forces in history. </p><p></p><p>The whole "war crimes happens" thing isn't really true anymore. There's a reason we have reporters embedded with US and allied units in war zones. We actually trust that our soldiers aren't animals. Ask yourself why we never see embedded Russian reporters. Ever. Or Chinese reporters, ever. Or Saudi reporters, ever. </p><p></p><p>The rise of the professional soldier in the latter half of the 20th century has resulted in armed forces that aren't commiting a litany of war crimes every time they get deployed. And that's a good thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8623581, member: 22779"] True, but, there are some very important differences. When Canadian soldiers beat a Somali kid to death, they went to jail (although, probably more of them should have) and the Airborne Regiment was disbanded. Canada, thirty years later, still doesn't have an Airborne Regiment. After the events, they started investigations throughout the Forces to identify and weed out bad actors. To varying degrees of success, fair enough, but, the attempt was at least made. The Americans, for all their faults, have been remarkably restrained in their military actions since Viet Nam. And, again, I'm struggling to recall American run rape camps. While there have always been civilian casualties, and that's a tragedy, the US has been pretty good about keeping them to a minimum, compared to virtually any other armed forces in history. The whole "war crimes happens" thing isn't really true anymore. There's a reason we have reporters embedded with US and allied units in war zones. We actually trust that our soldiers aren't animals. Ask yourself why we never see embedded Russian reporters. Ever. Or Chinese reporters, ever. Or Saudi reporters, ever. The rise of the professional soldier in the latter half of the 20th century has resulted in armed forces that aren't commiting a litany of war crimes every time they get deployed. And that's a good thing. [/QUOTE]
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