[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

An ex-soldier turned PMC merc. Stop it with the alternative facts LT.

and stop trying to obfuscate with detail that is irrelevant to the issue

[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

and stop trying to obfuscate with detail that is irrelevant to the issue

It's not irrelevant at all or you wouldn't keep doing it; you're trying to inflate the impact of his statement by making him out to be a patriot / military man fighting for his country because you know fine well that the opinions of a private military gun-for-hire who is in Iraq for cold hard cash (also known as, a mercenary) is slightly shakier ground. If you thought otherwise, you wouldn't keep referring to him as a soldier.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

It's not irrelevant at all or you wouldn't keep doing it; you're trying to inflate the impact of his statement by making him out to be a patriot / military man fighting for his country because you know fine well that the opinions of a private military gun-for-hire who is in Iraq for cold hard cash (also known as, a mercenary) is slightly shakier ground. If you thought otherwise, you wouldn't keep referring to him as a soldier.

whether he is a serving soldier or a vet is not really the point. He is active in Iraq on a day to day basis and works with actual Iraqis face to face so probably even better placed to state what he did.

I also would not want to debate with him if he should be called a soldier or an ex soldier as he looks like he could kill me in under 1 second.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

whether he is a serving soldier or a vet is not really the point. He is active in Iraq on a day to day basis and works with actual Iraqis face to face so probably even better placed to state what he did.

I also would not want to debate with him if he should be called a soldier or an ex soldier as he looks like he could kill me in under 1 second.

Yes, funnily enough it seems to have been a discussion he was having with other Iraqi civilians who were... ... discussing global politics and engaging him in conversation. Weird! They didn't even behead him a little bit. It's almost as if the suggestion that every Iraqi native is a secret ISIS supporter is slightly exaggerated...