Posted on 11/19/2004 6:41:50 AM PST by Imnotalib
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One of those e-mails to Sites was from me.
I should have mentioned when I posted this article that al-Jazeera (all terrorist, all the time) news network has shown Sites' tape repeatedly, but didn't show the execution of Margaret Hassan because it was 'too grisly'.
In other words, they publicize the PR that hurts us, while withholding the PR that damages THEIR 'freedom fighters' (aka 'cold blooded lowlife Islamic scumbag murderers'.
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And how do you tell the difference between feigning death when you are not indeed dead, versus being nearly unconcsious due to your injuries? Is our new SOP to blow the brains out of any enemy fighter who appears to be unconscious?
"Is our new SOP to blow the brains out of any enemy fighter who appears to be unconscious?"
In a situation where you are dealing with suicidial maniacs who have had a consistent track record of feigning death or surrender, then blowing up themselves and your troops, you always err on the safe side.
And this WAS SOP in the Pacific theatre in WW2 where the Japanese were similarly inclined.
I'd rather see an American soldier inadvertently blow away a guy who was not feigning death, than pass up one of these lunatics with a bomb who would then blow up him and his buddies.
We are in Iraq because we were attacked by an international terror cartel and these lunatics are part of that cartel. They are hardly conventional soldiers fighting a conventional war.
Wow. Poor little Sites gets a bit of hate mail for his work. But the Marine he has set up may get the brig for poor little Kevin's lying efforts.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US marine, captured on film killing a wounded Iraqi at point blank range during November's assault on Fallujah, will not be formally charged due to lack of evidence.
The November 13 shooting occurred during a search of a mosque in a widely broadcast incident that sparked worldwide outrage and was described by the International Committee of the Red Cross as a demonstration of "utter contempt for humanity."
In the incident, a trooper raised his rifle and shot point blank at an apparently unarmed, wounded Iraqi who was slumped against one of the mosque walls, in footage captured by an embedded cameraman working for the NBC network.
Although the insurgents were found to be unarmed, investigators said the one the Marine believed he had seen moving could have been reaching for a weapon.
The rifleman was withdrawn from combat pending the results of the investigation, but the graphic footage enraged many, months after the scandal over US troops' abuse of inmates at the Abu Ghraib prison.
CBS News said Wednesday it had learned that military investigators had concluded insufficient evidence existed to formally charge the marine.
The raid on Fallujah, part of an attempt at reclaiming key lawless enclaves across the country ahead of January elections, has been the largest military operation in Iraq since the March 2003.
Thank GOD, how great. Right decision. Bump him up a grade.
Good news.
It is about time that folks learn that going to war, includes killing the enemy.
I wish they would let the men and women fight the war to win, and no more of this game playing.
I cannot imagine the experience of having to pick up the parts of a fellow soldier killed that just moments before was talking with you and protecting you. The experience would scar every moment and hinder any feelings of enjoyment or fulfillment you might have for the rest of your life. I imagine feelings of "why wasn't that me" would be the most painful. May God help relieve suffering of our brave soldiers and may we always remember the valor of the fallen.
Everyone needs to realize that there are really two wars, one over there....and one here at home.....
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Everyone needs to realize that there are really two wars, one over
there....and one here at home.....
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We have lost the the war at home.
They have been brainwashed - beyond help.
I am constantly amazed at the callers on the radio talk shows, they really do think we should not have gone to war.
It is time to add the nazi movement to the communist and the muslim terrorists, they are mixed up in it and are out of
hiding.
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