American soldiers show weird behavior. In war things happen not allowed in normal life, but what's in this video in my opinion is way beyond limits. Sorry to say. I've been in the army only 14 months. I don't think this was part of their education. 'nuff said.

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Give a man a fish you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish you feed him for a lifetime - Chinese proverb

To enlist and get dressed in uniform won't wipe off the innate stupidity.

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I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

Hobs,
folks could expect the American soldiers to respect the rules of honour more accurately than Talebans.
That's why these kind of incidents end up in the main news around the globe.
Talebans' atrocities are expected and thus not so big news.

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I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

I know a retired officer of Dutch army and called it a scandal and weak leadership. I don't know why boneyfriend is defending the nowadays American army. I thought they were christians. Perhaps the word 'were' was rarely used as appropriate as it was now.

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Give a man a fish you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish you feed him for a lifetime - Chinese proverb

I am having a visceral reaction to the comments made here about this incident. However, I am trying to maintain my calm.

As a combat veteran, I've experienced ........ allow me to simply say, Don't judge unless you've been there.

ClubFavolosa,
Not everyone in the U.S. is a Christian, and not everyone in the Armed Forces is a Christian; even Christians have been known to be pushed too far.

That's all I'll say about it....perhaps shouldn't even say that much, but couldn't let it go.

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A great many people will think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. ~ William James ~

The world's troops went to teach Taliban the lesson; the Taliban taught them instead.

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*It's wonderful to know that all languages are Greek if not understood.*

Flagrant. Somewhere in here one or more offenses pertaining to the circumstance may be found:

http://www.ucmj.us/

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Forgiving is Love, Love is For Giving.

My thoughts:

1. We have standards of conduct. That some of our enemies don't, or choose to ignore their standards if they do have them, is immaterial. The conduct was odious.

2. Beyond performing this act, they filmed it?! If I'm about to deploy to that region, I'd want to shake each of these "gentlemen" by the neck! The enviromnet...already dangerous, will only get worse due to this flagrant act.

3. The US military is the "face" of America in these war zones. We are trying to win over the populations there. Every soldier and airman has that drilled into their heads over and over again. As an American and retired Air Force, these men don't represent my country or me.

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"Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless, and do no wrong". (Knight's Oath, Kingdom of Heaven)

Desecration of a body is not acceptable in any way, military or civilian.

I agree with JJ; the Amercan forces have standards not the taliban. Whether taliban has a code of conduct is immaterial here, the American forces have a code of conduct and they ought to honor it.

Jeech was spot on.

And though for me Taliban represents the worst of humanity and I belive they should be wiped off the planet, in this particular incident I don't see much of hypocrisy. If tomorrow taliban soldiers urinate on corpses of american soldiers would the army be outraged or issue a press statement that says, "Hey! Our guys did it too. Everything is fine. No Big deal"? Does that make them hypocrites?

I hate the Indian army for what it does in the Red Corridor and North East. Those soldiers live in situation worse than most soldiers in the world, lot worse than Afganistan I believe, they are periodically ambushed, caught, tortured and left to die horrible deaths. Seeing that done to their freinds doesn't justify the murders, rapes and other atrocities many of those soldiers commit. The psyological trauma doesn't justfy the rape of an 11 year old now, does it?

The army has a code of conduct and they must follow it. If they are going to be like terrorists why go to war in the first place?

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The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Taliban was a political threat, it should have delt with politics. Spreading democracy by "sword" was the main friction of the war episode in Afghanistan. It's impossible to the forces in Afghanistan, to be morally correct as long as they hold accupation of Afghanistan.

Sucide bombing and the extra judicial killing either by Taliban or by the foriegn forces in Afghanistan is neither a beauty nor a pride to the locals. What attracts the people there is freedom fighting. Fighting for the country's freedom has strengthend their morale, and has made them heroes.That's why Taliban holds more than 70% of Afghanistan. The consequences of war on terror has resulted quite in reverse. It has helped them expand. I would reassert, Taliban was a political threat, it should have delt with politics. Unfortunately, or by design it took 10 years to learn that 'rocket science.'

Now the US is on table with Taliban, Benazir Bhutto is approved appropriate when she signed agreements with Taliban govrnment. Now the videos on record apear only to make puplic opinion to quit, quite Iraq way.

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*It's wonderful to know that all languages are Greek if not understood.*