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Old 27-05-2004, 05:39 PM   #11 (permalink)
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They were Czechs, not Poles...
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Old 28-05-2004, 08:09 PM   #12 (permalink)
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the Yanks couldnt understand them so they shot them.
I think that in this scene they could understand fine, but shot them anyway. To me, the point of it was that in the heat of battle even the "good guys" don't always take prisoners.
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Old 01-06-2004, 06:31 PM   #13 (permalink)
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I think that in this scene they could understand fine, but shot them anyway. To me, the point of it was that in the heat of battle even the "good guys" don't always take prisoners.
I agree with you there. If i was stuck on a beach that was being shelled and fired on constantly and i was soaking wet, cold and scared i probably wouldn't take prisoners. I can imagine how some of the US soldiers in Afghanistan feel like when they take prisoners, i often think that some of the prisoners dont always make it back to get counted by HQ.
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What were the soldiers expected to do? drag the prisoner along? he would be shot.
If he used the soldier as a human shield intentionally or un intentionaly, he would still be going against the Geneva Convention.
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