IN PICTURES: Ferguson vs Iraq

[presence]

http://mashable.com/2014/08/13/ferguson-police-protests-vs-iraq/

 

[Origanalist]

Out of rep, pretty damn revealing.

 

[Philhelm]

Iraq 2003:

 

[2young2vote]

Is there a difference in mentality between the two groups? The Police vs the Military?

 

[AuH20]

Is there a difference in mentality between the two groups? The Police vs the Military?

trigger discipline. Police are skittish.

 

[Root]

Is there a difference in mentality between the two groups? The Police vs the Military?

Maybe physical conditioning too? I see fat cops all over AmerKia.

 

[phill4paul]

trigger discipline. Police are skittish.

Soldiers in an war zone with little or no accountability, like their AmeriKan uniformed cousins, are not?

 

[AuH20]

Soldiers in an war zone are not?

Soldiers are least accustomed to bizarre ROEs and discharge restrictions. Police remind me of this...

 

[aGameOfThrones]

all I see is 2 sets of heroes.

 

[phill4paul]

Soldiers are least accustomed to bizarre ROEs and discharge restrictions. Police remind me of this...

No, it is about the same. ROE and "discharge restrictions" are just terms that really have no bearing on actuality.

 

[AuH20]

No, it is about the same. ROE and "discharge restrictions" are just terms that really have no bearing on actuality.

No, actually you were not allowed to discharge your weapon in Iraq until fired upon. My marine buddy was in Fallujah and told me about the nonsense. The military is degrees higher than cops in terms of fire discipline and general battlefield awareness.

 

[cajuncocoa]

Out of rep, pretty damn revealing.

Covered

 

[phill4paul]

No, actually you were not allowed to discharge your weapon in Iraq until fired upon. My marine buddy was in Fallujah and told me about the nonsense.

Supposedly the same strictures apply in AmeriKa. Doesn't mean it didn't and doesn't happen. And when it is done then it is covered up for the sake of face saving.

 

[AuH20]

Supposedly the same strictures apply in AmeriKa. Doesn't mean it didn't and doesn't happen. And when it is done then it is covered up for the sake of face saving.

Police don't put in the same time with their firearms as the military. Some police may visit the range two to three times a year max. And they aren't as disciplined.

 

[phill4paul]

Police don't put in the same time with their firearms as the military. And they aren't as disciplined.

Please tell me how this has any bearing on what I typed.

 

[Dr.3D]

Is there a difference in mentality between the two groups? The Police vs the Military?

One won't usually fire upon civilians, the other thinks it's enemy is the civilians.

 

[fr33]

 

[dillo]

Even if it were desirable, America is not strong enough to police the world by military force. If that attempt is made, the blessings of liberty will be replaced by coercion and tyranny at home. Our Christian ideals cannot be exported to other lands by dollars and guns. Persuasion and example are the methods taught by the Carpenter of Nazareth, and if we believe in Christianity we should try to advance our ideals by his methods. We cannot practice might and force abroad and retain freedom at home. We cannot talk world cooperation and practice power politics

Howard Buffet

 

[Mani]

http://mashable.com/2014/08/13/ferguson-police-protests-vs-iraq/

Are those Helmet cams??


So the military in a warzone need to wear helmet cams? Is that for accountability purposes?

And yet cops protecting and serving DON'T!?

 

[TheTexan]

What's the big deal? Shouldn't our heroes in uniform have the best equipment money can buy???

It's not like they're going to use all that military equipment to just one day start taking your guns, and throw you into FEMA camps. Considering that such a thing has never, ever happened before it just sounds like some absurd conspiracy theory with no basis in reality.