NewHopeR
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Confused by the expression "helping the people that three or four hours before..."
I've been confused by the depiction "helping the people that three or four hours before were trying to kill us"
What? Helping people who tried to kill you?
Context:
"I've never been more proud to be a part of this unit than that day," the article quotes Sgt. Bales as saying, "for the simple fact that we discriminated between the bad guys and the noncombatants and then afterward we ended up helping the people that three or four hours before were trying to kill us. I think that's the real difference between being an American as opposed to being a bad guy, someone who puts his family in harm's way like that."
I've been confused by the depiction "helping the people that three or four hours before were trying to kill us"
What? Helping people who tried to kill you?
Context:
"I've never been more proud to be a part of this unit than that day," the article quotes Sgt. Bales as saying, "for the simple fact that we discriminated between the bad guys and the noncombatants and then afterward we ended up helping the people that three or four hours before were trying to kill us. I think that's the real difference between being an American as opposed to being a bad guy, someone who puts his family in harm's way like that."