"Good shoot'n!"

War always kills civilians. It used to be called "collateral damage". It should now be described as "sport". The recent release of the Bagdad massacre video by wikileaks.com has brought to us armchair spectators a new reality of war. The images of innocent people being annihilated are sickening. Even worse is the video showing a van arriving to rescue the wounded which is targetted as well. There were children in the van who were wounded. Amongst the dead was a Reuters journalist.

This is not just the horror of war here. There is something more. There is an impatience for blood. Listen to the desire to shoot. The shooter can't wait for the order to shoot, thus absolving him from any responsibility, yet deriving the pleasure of the hunt. "Nice","Good shoot'n!". And I always thought that you don't shoot medics. When has an ambulance ever been a legitimate target?

In the following video we have US troops having a fun time shooting at men and women and then laughing about it as the smoke clears from the muzzles of their machine guns. It's sport. They might as well be shooting roos from a ute whilst downing tinnies.

This next video is less violent but is probably more disturbing. British troops are beating up Iraqi boys. As the boys plead for mercy, the cameraman is feeding off the pain and fear and is getting off on it. It is truly demonic in nature.

Any US claim to the moral high ground in this war was lost when WMD's were not found in Iraq. With each additional attrocity, the US and British forces & their governments sink lower and lower in the eyes of the world. The comparisons with Nazis is already being made. And before you sit back and change the channel, realise one thing. These hardened troops will be returning home soon and they will be taking up jobs in enforcement, military and police.