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Originally posted by Troll: This is the second time in this thread that someone has implied that the kid posed a direct threat to Boggs i.e. he was pointing an RPG launcher at Boggs. The article says:Later on the article says: Correct me if I'm wrong, but a "rocket propelled grenade" is a little thing that looks like a mini bomb. It needs to go into an RPG launcher to be of any use. The article says the kid was picking up a "rocket propelled grenade" (not a launcher) which suggests he was one of the majority who are weapons collectors (in this case collecting ammo). In any event, he hadn't picked up whatever it is he was going for and certainly hadn't aimed it at anyone, so he wasn't a direct threat to Boggs. The US Army considers weapons collectors legitimate targets. In all likelihood he was killed because he was recovering weapons not because he was a direct threat to Boggs. |
I really, really want to agree with you. But don't forget that after picking up the grenade he'd be handing them to somebody with the hardware needed to use use it. So in a way that does make ammunitions collectors legitimate targets. Although I daresay that the boy had very little idea of what he was doing and why he was doing it. Or why he got killed.