JI writes: "It is well known that armed forces do play video games while overseas doing tours and active duty. Not all times call for such lax measures, however it is a good stress relief, recreation, and in some cases forms of communication with friends and family back home to hop on a PC or gaming console as well as play some video games such as Call of Duty.
However, some of the US soldiers in Afghanistan have taken it upon themselves to commit acts comparable to the "No Russian" mission in Modern Warfare 2 while on duty. Murdering friendlies and civilians (in an attempt to be covert and take an otherwise unseizable location) in what is being called a "Kill Team" operation, this crew brought their sport-like first person shooting out of the video game and into real life."
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That is absolutely horrible.
wtf why exactly did they do this
This is sad.
Edit:These guys deserve whatever is coming to them.
Damn no wonder the world is a mess right now.
Careful, you're treading on some dangerous ground here.
Comparisons to COD's *largely fictionalized* version of war, and tragedies such as this open the doors for all manner of discussion regarding gaming's supposed desensitization effects...
That said, do I think these soldiers were deliberately reenacting a Call of Duty stage? Not in the least.
No wonder the rest of the world hates us