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Originally posted by The Porn Dude
Are you actually trying to tell me that a Col. in the USMC has the authority to order his men to beat antoher person because he is not up to standards. No you are wrong they do not. Here is a good quote for all of you liberal media buffs out there.
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Actually you must not have much a clue about many military arms. In a lot of countries corporal (sp?) punishment in the military is fairly common.
The Col would have the authority to tell the Platoon leader (usually a Lt.) to "do what was necessary" to correct the problem with the soldier in question. The Lt. would then order the Squad leader (Cpl or above NCO) with either implicit instructions or leave it up to the NCO's discretion. The NCO would then carry out the order with other members of the squad.
Now no where did the Col tell them to beat or kill anyone, but if that is what happened he would still be responsible because of the intial order was vague. Though I doubt in any stretch he would be brought up on counts of murder.... the ones on that commited the murder would have been the ones to actually be fully accountable since it was thier actions that caused it and if they believed the actions would have killed the soldier it would have been thier duty to disobey.