2 Marines disciplined over puppy-tossing video

[Nagishkaw 510]

I would have to agree.

[Sister Fracas 5]

This is typical, what do you expect, they are trained killers for the USA. And we want them to be that way, you do not send nuns or choir boys and girls and preachers to fight a war on terror, so go throw some more puppies and get gritty for Iraq!

you have allot of issues

eh, really not worth the trouble to respond, as this individual is only trying to be as offensive as possible... ya know?

[Teacher Mark 53]

This is typical, what do you expect, they are trained killers for the USA. And we want them to be that way, you do not send nuns or choir boys and girls and preachers to fight a war on terror, so go throw some more puppies and get gritty for Iraq!

The U.S. Marine Corps has disciplined two Marines over a videotape that showed a Marine throwing a puppy over a cliff, the military said Wednesday.

YouTube.com removed the video for violating the Web site's terms of use.

Officials did not specify the role that each man played in the incident, which received international attention after a video of it appeared on YouTube.com March 3.

Lance Cpl. David Motari is being processed for removal for his role, the Marine Corps said, and Sgt. Crismarvin Banez Encarnacion also has been punished.

The video shows someone throwing a black-and-white puppy off a rocky cliff. The dog makes a yelping sound as it flies through the air.

"That's mean. That was mean," someone off-camera is heard saying.

YouTube removed the video about a day after it was posted, "due to terms of use violation," the site said.

The Marines were quick to condemn the video when it surfaced, calling it "shocking and deplorable."

Marine officials said the disciplinary action followed a thorough investigation, according to a statement that the Marine Corps Base Hawaii released Wednesday.

"The actions seen in the Internet video are contrary to the high standards we expect of every Marine and will not be tolerated," the statement said.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/11/marine.puppy/index.html

you have allot of issues

Dean, don't you work at a V.A. hospital?

[Niels Bohr 72]

Maybe this soldier was having traumas of his friends getting killed. He turned into a Lecter.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Riiiiiiight.

[Teacher Mark 53]

Maybe or maybe not. I had a friend in the Army who I thought was pretty cool until he told me about what he used to do to cats. We weren't anywhere near a war.

[LuciansGirl 0]

That's horrible!! How can anyone do that to a defenseless puppy or any defenseless animal for that matter?

Heartless SOB!!

[Moto-zutto 0]

Some people obviously slip through the cracks when they are weeded out through basic training..

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Why are we resurrecting a two-month old thread?

[LaGreenEyes 0]

There's no doubt that it was cruel and they needed to be disciplined.

My question though is how much combat have these guys seen? Motari in particular.

That should have NOTHING to do with it. These days civilians are put in JAIL for that kind of thing and these guys should suffer the same. I"m so dang tired of the "poor me I'm in the Military" or "I'm better than everyone because I'm serving my country" excuse for everything these days. From bad behaviour, to drunkenness, to crimes, to asking for a discount on everything under the sun.... Please...give me a freaking break. Many of them are there because they had nothing else to do but get in trouble and would probably have been doing the same sorry ####### anyways. A jackass is a jackass in or out of the military, just as a good guy in the military would be a good one had they not joined.

Their discipline should be being thrown off of a cliff.

[Ban Hammer 13,333]

There's no doubt that it was cruel and they needed to be disciplined.

My question though is how much combat have these guys seen? Motari in particular.

That should have NOTHING to do with it. These days civilians are put in JAIL for that kind of thing and these guys should suffer the same. I"m so dang tired of the "poor me I'm in the Military" or "I'm better than everyone because I'm serving my country" excuse for everything these days. From bad behaviour, to drunkenness, to crimes, to asking for a discount on everything under the sun.... Please...give me a freaking break. Many of them are there because they had nothing else to do but get in trouble and would probably have been doing the same sorry ####### anyways. A jackass is a jackass in or out of the military, just as a good guy in the military would be a good one had they not joined.

just out of curiosity, do you know if they were punished?

Their discipline should be being thrown off of a cliff.

a bit harsh isn't it?