From Msnbc
“The Marine could be heard insisting: “He’s f—ing faking he’s dead — he’s faking he’s f—ing dead.”
Possum enough for me. Especially if I was walking into an unknown room.
That could be transferred across to going into a bank in America, pointing to a customer at the counter and shouting “he’s got a gun!”
Or, alternatively, walking around London with a newly restored table leg in a plastic bag and a Scottish accent.
So why didn’t they shoot the living guy, who seemed fully able to operate a gun or granade and send a few of the invaders back home in a body bag? If the marine concerned was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder then I’d expect that would get him off the hook, but I imagine he will get away with a pat on the back and a warning to watch out for cameras. The troops will get told not to let this sort of thing happen before the press.
Truth might be the first casualty in war, but as long as soldiers can happily claim that someone was ‘playing possum’ then who needs the truth? Leave it to the military PR guys to tell it like it was – that marine would get a medal! – Nermal
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