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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 8243777" data-attributes="member: 3400"><p>It is, however, a reasonably frequent and predictable act. In their grief and anger, American GIs most certainly did gun down captured SS soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge in retaliation for the SS doing the same to prisoners they captured. American GIs did gun down captured concentration camp guards when they saw the situation and condition of the prisoners. And that's orders of magnitude less than what the Soviets did. These sorts of things <strong>do</strong> happen no matter what kind of command and control gets exerted over combat, and most of the time it's swept under the rug or compared with the perspective of the situation as a whole. So most of the GIs or Soviets who performed those murders were never held culpable. </p><p>Walker's in a somewhat different situation as far as the politics and the optics. What he did was <strong>very</strong> public and there will obviously be fallout. It is, however, <strong>understandable</strong> within the context of centuries of human behavior and saying it isn't is really living in denial. So yeah, I have some sympathy for Walker. The situation he's in is extremely complicated and he's in over his head with respect to technology, combat ability, and overall expectations as a national symbol <strong>and not all of that is his fault</strong>. Yet, somehow, he's got to try to navigate his way though it and bring a bunch of super soldiers to justice. Big surprise he's going to screw up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="billd91, post: 8243777, member: 3400"] It is, however, a reasonably frequent and predictable act. In their grief and anger, American GIs most certainly did gun down captured SS soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge in retaliation for the SS doing the same to prisoners they captured. American GIs did gun down captured concentration camp guards when they saw the situation and condition of the prisoners. And that's orders of magnitude less than what the Soviets did. These sorts of things [B]do[/B] happen no matter what kind of command and control gets exerted over combat, and most of the time it's swept under the rug or compared with the perspective of the situation as a whole. So most of the GIs or Soviets who performed those murders were never held culpable. Walker's in a somewhat different situation as far as the politics and the optics. What he did was [B]very[/B] public and there will obviously be fallout. It is, however, [B]understandable[/B] within the context of centuries of human behavior and saying it isn't is really living in denial. So yeah, I have some sympathy for Walker. The situation he's in is extremely complicated and he's in over his head with respect to technology, combat ability, and overall expectations as a national symbol [B]and not all of that is his fault[/B]. Yet, somehow, he's got to try to navigate his way though it and bring a bunch of super soldiers to justice. Big surprise he's going to screw up. [/QUOTE]
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