Thread: For Army Medevacs, Hearts And Minds Are No Cliche

A feel good story to bring some temporary light to the darkness of the conversation forum.

Brought to you by the liberal trash at NPR.

For Army Medevacs, Hearts And Minds Are No Cliche - The Picture Show Blog : NPR

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

Brought to you by the liberal trash at NPR.

I knew that as soon as I read this:

The medevacs, who carry out their duties unarmed, say they don't discriminate in their evacuations. That means they could potentially be treating a member of the Taliban and an American soldier side by side in the small helicopter.

Imagine that! Helping the same enemy who tried but somehow failed to kill the veteran hero. No doubt that the Talibani will recover and attempt to finish the job and who will we have to blame? NPR of course for being PC and encouraging this sort of thing

Pshh, doing good to those who h8 you, whoever heard of such a thing

There is also the chance that one could obtain valuable intel from the combatant thats life was saved.

Originally Posted by flylot

There is also the chance that one could obtain valuable intel from the combatant thats life was saved.

True! You can't waterboard a dead man

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

True! You can't waterboard a dead man

Yeah. Reminds me of the M.A.S.H episode where colonel Flag has Hawkeye save the north korean, so that he can take him back to headquarters for " interorgation " Also love the bit when Henry tells Flag that he can,t tell the President what to do and Flag say,s "we,re working on it!"

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

True! You can't waterboard a dead man

Please do not confuse "professional interrogation techniques" with waterboarding as the later is currently banned.

Being Army, Ive dealt with a lot of "docs" in my day, great people, hearts of gold and are to be highly appreciated and commended, they will go anywhere, under any circumstances to fulfill their calling, and thats exactly what it is, I doff my hat to all of the "docs" past and present.