Oh No, the Americans are at it again!!

[boro_boy]

'Friendly fire' death is probed

A marine who died in Afghanistan may have been killed in a friendly fire incident involving an American aircraft, the BBC has learned.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6161561.stm

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Why are they so trigger happy? Surely they must have some ROE which prevent them from shooting until they, themselves have come under fire!!!

[ChelseaFan]

Thats not the way they think... they are always in the mindset of shoot first, think later

[westboy]

I blame computer games...you can't press the restart button in real life

[ninjaterra]

if our marines are capable of learning how to make snap decisions in whether they should shoot or not, then the yanks have no reason to not be able to.

arssseholes.

[Mundi]

FFS how hard is it to not shoot the people travelling in the same direction as you!?