Film of Marines Urinating on Dead Bodies Sparks Outrage
- First Posted: Jan 12 2012 12:19 PM
- Updated: 1 minute ago
... except in the YouTube comments section.
Taking a leak over the bodies of your slain enemy combatants, and then filming it, is probably not a great strategy for winning over the hearts and minds of citizens in a foreign country. Unfortunately, that seems to be what happened in Afghanistan, as a video on YouTube purports to show four Marine snipers urinating on dead bodies. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has expressed his disgust with the video and has ordered an investigation into the matter. If you want to take a gander at the video, it's embedded below, but note that there are a) three dead bodies in it and b) soldiers urinating on them. The Marines also make a couple snide remarks, such as "have a great day, buddy," and when someone confirms it's being filmed, another says that's "golden, just like a shower." Virtually every military and political figure of note in the U.S. and Afghanistan has condemned the video, although that's decidedly not the case in the YouTube comment section.















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