Perhaps the military should carry phones with cameras that can transmit the photo as soon as it is taken, might not prevent injury to the victim but the perpetrator could quickly be identified and caught.
Any smartphone with something like Dropbox can take pictures & videos that are uploaded to cloud storage as soon as they're taken, the only issue is, taking a picture in the middle of being attacked is usually the last thing on someone's mind...
Though I'm sure with the use of something like a GoPro with some adaptation, it could be used to send an SOS with images or video, or both...
Fair point, perhaps all military personel should be given the option of carrying a canister of CS gas when off duty, as I see it if they are at risk then they should have as much right as the police have to defend themselves.
I guess a military court would come down on them fairly heavily if used inappropriately.
You may well be right, but consider why France gets attacked the way it does. Their involvement in the Middle East, north Africa and Algeria in particular has not been something to be proud of - not that the British have behaved much better elsewhere. I'm a million miles from hugging the nearest tree but we'd do well to consider just why these guys have such a nasty bee in their bonnets disgusting and abhorrent as there actions are.
All views expressed are my own but you can express them too if you want to be right about everything like I am.
looks like it may be starting over here now
