The world where those two people were terrorist a-holes holding a child hostage (with attached explosive vest), shooting at the police and other authority figures, and actively trying to murder people? In THAT world, killing those people is EXACTLY what is called for.
Oh look, that’s the world you’re living in. That doesn’t make it “all better”, but the only things not “fine” in the situation are the property damage and the emotional/psychological damage they left in their wake. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Bergman
on September 6, 2019 at 12:46 pm
They no doubt consider themselves “freedom fighters”, but the line between a freedom fighter and a terrorist is pretty sharply drawn. A freedom fighter targets his enemies leaders, fights their soldiers when he has to and avoids killing those who are not. A terrorist specifically targets those who are not his enemy in order to frighten his enemies into doing or not doing something. A terrorist goes for as much collateral damage as possible so the attack will be scarier. A terrorist usually (but not always) includes people who are not his enemies on his targeting list, just because.
They’ll no doubt talk about someone having to make hard choices as they torment innocent people. That sacrifices must be made a they murder men, women and children without restraint. But those hard choices the saying speaks of are made with genuine regret by a freedom fighter and unholy glee by a terrorist. Those sacrifices the cliche speaks of are voluntary sacrifices, even self-sacrifice — involuntarily sacrificing someone else is unjustifiable.
And that’s how you tell a terrorist when you see one.
David Nuttall
on September 7, 2019 at 12:08 pm
He is clearly not trained enough in recognizing the signs of Post-Traumatic Stress. He is only thinking about the legal consequences and the impact on the reputation of their organization and not about Force’s moral issues and the emotional impact of the outcome of her actions are having on her.
She is a good person who cares about others, whose actions have not resulted in the death or even serious injury to another, before now. Legally, she is off the hook (Justifiable Homicide by Reason on Self-Defence) but emotionally, this is going to a long hard process to overcome the outcomes of today’s actions, if she is going to operate as a human being again, let alone as part of the team.
The post-mission briefing MUST be held by someone who knows what they are doing, especially recognizing and hopefully beginning to treat her PTSD.
The world where those two people were terrorist a-holes holding a child hostage (with attached explosive vest), shooting at the police and other authority figures, and actively trying to murder people? In THAT world, killing those people is EXACTLY what is called for.
Oh look, that’s the world you’re living in. That doesn’t make it “all better”, but the only things not “fine” in the situation are the property damage and the emotional/psychological damage they left in their wake. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
They no doubt consider themselves “freedom fighters”, but the line between a freedom fighter and a terrorist is pretty sharply drawn. A freedom fighter targets his enemies leaders, fights their soldiers when he has to and avoids killing those who are not. A terrorist specifically targets those who are not his enemy in order to frighten his enemies into doing or not doing something. A terrorist goes for as much collateral damage as possible so the attack will be scarier. A terrorist usually (but not always) includes people who are not his enemies on his targeting list, just because.
They’ll no doubt talk about someone having to make hard choices as they torment innocent people. That sacrifices must be made a they murder men, women and children without restraint. But those hard choices the saying speaks of are made with genuine regret by a freedom fighter and unholy glee by a terrorist. Those sacrifices the cliche speaks of are voluntary sacrifices, even self-sacrifice — involuntarily sacrificing someone else is unjustifiable.
And that’s how you tell a terrorist when you see one.
He is clearly not trained enough in recognizing the signs of Post-Traumatic Stress. He is only thinking about the legal consequences and the impact on the reputation of their organization and not about Force’s moral issues and the emotional impact of the outcome of her actions are having on her.
She is a good person who cares about others, whose actions have not resulted in the death or even serious injury to another, before now. Legally, she is off the hook (Justifiable Homicide by Reason on Self-Defence) but emotionally, this is going to a long hard process to overcome the outcomes of today’s actions, if she is going to operate as a human being again, let alone as part of the team.
The post-mission briefing MUST be held by someone who knows what they are doing, especially recognizing and hopefully beginning to treat her PTSD.