Strange how you juxtapose a maritime encounter in which faces can't even be made out completely versus an on the ground situation were a 15 year old with a stone screaming "go back" to occupation forces
What i find funny is that you keep trying to act like you're speaking from a point of neutrality while making biased comments at every turn...
The two situations are actually quite similar from the point of making a knee jerk reaction...
In fact Ill go as far as saying that our soldiers in Kashmir have a more valid reason to shoot those pelting stones in Kashmir since to begin with...the crowd is throwing stones to actually hurt or even kill soldiers if possible...its an act of aggression...which obviously has to be dealt with based on the soldiers survival instinct as claimed by you..and not to forget the fact that its a law and order situation that is dealt with as needed...if some idiots die in the process..their fault for breaking the law.
In the case of the marines...unless the fisherman were brandishing weapons or shooting at the boat or the marines...its hard to justify the killing of fisherman simply based on "threat perception" and suspicion that the marines had..
And at any rate, CPRF cowards are never held accountable and are given a free hand
any misconduct is investigated and dealt with...please dont act like the judge and jury...you're in no position to..
Forget diplomacy for a few seconds and look at it from the perspective of a marine who is already on edge looking for pirates in troubled waters.
I'm just being the devils advocate here. Then again I wouldn't expect people who've been civilians their whole lives who've never even been in a combat or potential combat situation when nerves are on edge and instincts preclude deep thinking
Its surprising that you think that survival instinct only exists among soldiers....courage, bravery, instincts and "kaleja" is not a monopoly of soldiers...so please drop this line of argument..
Isnt the term "professional" given to soldiers because they are trained to face and deal with nerve racking situations?
You're not exactly glorifying the term...
since Indian fishermen are disadvantaged to be mistaken as Somalian pirates then the govt/coast guard should brief these fishermen to carry something that can be identifiable
There is no need for that...our coastguard and navy has been quite adept at dealing with piracy....especially close to Indian waters...
i for one do think this is a one of incidence....sad, but an anomaly
A mutually agreed upon marking on the dingy/vessel or a flag of some sort.
I believe all fishing boats are registered with the coast guard..