DogFox123 1,379 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 The flip side to it is what about POW? Should we shoot those that have surrendered??? it would be cheaper than feeding them I doubt your views are the same on Allied POW's during war.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riohog 5,701 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Morally no, but it happened during the war. I guess it depends on the individual soldiers.If they can live with there actions after.A lot of SS camp guards who surrendered were just summary executed. I actually cant fault them in a way. The sights they saw when they liberated those camps were bound to offer out quick justice. However for a winning side to walk over a battlefield shooting the injured. No that would be wrong. You're only the winning side once you've won. It's not down to the individual soldiers though, if rules are there then they must be followed. thats allwell and good but like socks said rules are were made by ex public school boys behind a desk in whitehall .not on the battlefield . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riohog 5,701 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 The flip side to it is what about POW? Should we shoot those that have surrendered???it would be cheaper than feeding them I doubt your views are the same on Allied POW's during war.... but many men died of starvation in burma .allied troops .captured by the japs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DogFox123 1,379 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 The flip side to it is what about POW? Should we shoot those that have surrendered??? Personally, If terms of surrender are agreed then they should be honored. Likewise if the Laws of War are generally being honored then so be it, wounded and captured should get PoW status. But if not and if you decide to stand and fight and get overwhelmed then you made your bed and will lie in it, you're in the hands of your enemy at that point. In WWII SS were executed by the Allies on the battlefield and Commandos got the same treatment by the Nazis. It wasn't Butlins for conventional troops but they got more respectful treatment as wounded or captured by the enemy. The Soviets also executed tens of thousands of Polish Military Officers in the Katyn Massacre, there's no such thing as moral or just in war.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DogFox123 1,379 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Morally no, but it happened during the war. I guess it depends on the individual soldiers.If they can live with there actions after.A lot of SS camp guards who surrendered were just summary executed. I actually cant fault them in a way. The sights they saw when they liberated those camps were bound to offer out quick justice. However for a winning side to walk over a battlefield shooting the injured. No that would be wrong. You're only the winning side once you've won. It's not down to the individual soldiers though, if rules are there then they must be followed. thats allwell and good but like socks said rules are were made by ex public school boys behind a desk in whitehall .not on the battlefield . You do know that the ex-public schoolboys are a massive part of the British Military??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DogFox123 1,379 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 The flip side to it is what about POW? Should we shoot those that have surrendered???it would be cheaper than feeding them I doubt your views are the same on Allied POW's during war.... but many men died of starvation in burma .allied troops .captured by the japs Exactly, cheaper than feeding them then??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riohog 5,701 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 The flip side to it is what about POW? Should we shoot those that have surrendered???it would be cheaper than feeding them I doubt your views are the same on Allied POW's during war.... but many men died of starvation in burma .allied troops .captured by the japs Exactly, cheaper than feeding them then??? correct .. plus the fact they were very cruel folk the japs .i had a uncle who spent along time in india burma and madagasca fighting them .a big strong man he was a rwf he didnt speak to much about what went on but the fact that i mentioned once i was in diego suares madagascar he said i was there after burma ,you have a uncle laying in the graveyard there he was killed the day we landed there , he never mentioned burma but i guess it was no fun Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BGD 6,436 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Regardless of who wrote them Blackman knew the rules and signed up to follow them and now he gets to face the consequences of breaking those rules. If he didn't like the rules or want to follow them he shouldn't have signed up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 46,832 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 The British army are the most professional in the world, they are that for a reason. You know full well you can't just cut about plugging injured prisoners....everybody knows it!......and certainly not when you are warring recording equipment. It completely f***ing stupid......the bloke plugged an unarmed man and recorded it.....what the hell was he thinking? Simply being in uniform does not give you carte Blanche to be a f***ing idiot whenever you feel like it. If the system breaks down then it all gos to shit......that will have been drummed into that soldier for years so he had no excuse to forget. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 As I've said through this whole thread it's easy to sit back in your arm chairs and condem a man who's shoes you've never walked in ......... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 46,832 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 As I've said through this whole thread it's easy to sit back in your arm chairs and condem a man who's shoes you've never walked in ......... That's true, by I would ask you, should senior NCOs be going Raul Moat when on ops ?...............if you can't be trusted to keep your head then you can't be trusted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BGD 6,436 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 He was judged and found guilty by military officers at a court martial wasn't he? Surely they're qualified to have an opinion? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qbgrey 4,091 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 he made a mistake,but prob made thousands of correct actions by shooting cowardly suicide bombers and ied planters.what would your mindset be worry about every step your legs n bollox may be blown off.bullets whistling over your head,thats a terrifying thing listenening to bullets go by.some drinkdriver uninsured car thief that kills someone gets less than blackmen did.disgrace this country.getting walked over 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,786 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 As I've said through this whole thread it's easy to sit back in your arm chairs and condem a man who's shoes you've never walked in .........problem is he didn't kill enough, kill a man your a murderer, kill thousands your a hero. It's only the anti British which wish to keep him in jail 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nans pat 2,575 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 can he not get a royal pardon.after all king n country an all that.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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