Talk:United States Army

criticism?

I know this has been discussed over and over but no changes have been seen! There is obviously much criticism of the US Army and it should be mentioned here even if it is just to state why. —Preceding unsigned comnbmment added by Maxipuchi (talk • contribs) 08:55, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks – someone, thinking the same as me! Please compare de:US Army with this article! I was shocked, seeing this!

@German speakers: Please help to complete this article! Thanks --Gsälzbär (talk) 21:12, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

What criticism are you talking about? Are you referring to groups like the Westboro Baptist Church that criticizes the US Army(and anyone) as supporters of gay rights? There is a vast amount of criticism that takes place and there would be no way to list it all. More importantly if you believe criticism needs to documented on the US Army, then maybe the "Federal Government of the United States" page also needs to document criticism. Also I believe it is fairly common knowledge that the US Army faces criticism. If you want to talk about criticism then how come the German Army page German Army contains no mention of the Malmedy Massacre? Please do not be so eager to criticize the US Army if you fail to do it for yourselves. I see that as hypocritical. Jaggers117 (talk) 06:50, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

What an incredibly biased article! Looks more like a recruiting website rather than an objective collection of information about the US Army. I see no mention of public criticism (that goes for overseas as well as in America - the Westboro Baptist Church are a fairly insignificant and small branch of criticism who are not to be taken seriously). What about allegations of "murder games" by US soldiers? Human Rights abuses? Abu Ghraib? This is nothing short of shocking propaganda! 94.194.102.89 (talk) 13:46, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Shocking describes your bad acting 94. And I sure wish that girl hadn't put her panties on that terrorist's head. You call that torture? You get wet dreams about that, don't you 94. Ever see Iraqi boys and girls with their ears and noses cut off because the let a cucumber touch a tomato. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.32.52.65 (talk) 14:17, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Doctrine?

Does the US Army still have one? Is it the Objective Force? Koakhtzvigad (talk) 01:14, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Protect page?

I've noticed that this page gets a large amount of vandalism. I've reverted 3 in the last 2 days! I suppose that this page should be semi-protected!67.142.161.18 (talk) 12:41, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Probably some sort of protection is called for. Paul, in Saudi (talk) 17:00, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

CSA comments

On a ligitimate note, the recruitment practices of the CSA in no way impact the record of the US Army, being that the CSA was an unlawful assembly and never recognized as anything but a popular rebellion by the US government. I'd cite someone but its so obvious and self evident that I dont think its necessary. That being said, in the absence of the decision of a recognized court or tribunal, any critism of the US Army would be a matter of opinion, and not the subject of an encyclopedic entry. Perhaps there could be a seperate article containing criticisms. . . but factualy i'm not sure what it would consist of. Barring the actions of a few individuls the record of the US Army is exemplary of restrain and fair play as applied to warfare, even and often at its own expense. If the alledged events at Abu Ghraib had been US Army policy then criticism would be duly called for. Being that it was punishable behavior under the UCMJ and not knowingly condoned I'd cite it as an exception to the rule. If every army were to be criticised for the excesses or dailances of its individual members no such body could ever been seen as ligitimate. I've yet to see though any serious charge of genocide, or execution of prisoners, or willful targeting of civilians leveled against the US Army as a body, rather only against isolated (and few) members of its whole. To say that the criminal behavior of a few equals a ligitimate argument against the whole is absurd. Imagine calling all people in a country murderers because some people in that country have murdered. In light of the VC death squads, the purges of Stalin, the holocaust of the Nazis, or of Pol Pot, the genocide of the Kurds under Hussien in Iraq, or even the tacit allowance of drug smuggling by the army of Panama under Noriega. . . to mount any serious criticism of the US Army one would almost have to turn 180 degrees and attack the fact that it sometimes sacrafices its own numbers to avoid undue civilian causalties, or the destruction of infrastructure. These acts are contrary to the goals and welfare of an army. It is perhaps also unique in the history of armies. If you want to see criticism of the US Army on this page, my suggestion is to locate evidence of something which is deserving of criticising the body as a whole. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Antirevisionisthistorian (talk • contribs) 06:48, July 4, 2011‎ (UTC)

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