Browsing: Peeing

By now, many of you have no doubt seen the video of apparent Marines peeing on dead Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. It exploded on the Internet yesterday, and is the subject of international news coverage today. My colleague, James K. Sanborn, is ably covering this story for Marine Corps Times. Given the focus of this blog, though, it seemed appropriate for me to weigh in here, too. First, it’s worth noting that this appears to be an isolated incident. The vast majority of U.S. service members do not behave this way in combat, including infantrymen I have embedded with in violent…

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