Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Was it an accident, or was someone responsible and failed at their job? There is a difference...
I'm sure it was an accident in the sense that no one was supposed to be killed -- certainly not during a training exercise. But since it WAS a training exercise, I don't think it's unreasonable to wonder why the soldiers were within lethal range of that ordinance -- and why it detonated when it WASN'T supposed to.
rocktivity
A U.S. military official told NBC News that the Marines had just finished taking part in exercises...when unexploded ordnance detonated. A spokesman for the base told NBC San Diego that while the incident happened in an area where Marines fire artillery and drop bombs from aircraft, there was no firing going in that area at the time.
I'm sure it was an accident in the sense that no one was supposed to be killed -- certainly not during a training exercise. But since it WAS a training exercise, I don't think it's unreasonable to wonder why the soldiers were within lethal range of that ordinance -- and why it detonated when it WASN'T supposed to.
rocktivity
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
Recommendations
0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):
6 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read