This is an old VC trick. They'd go into villages and wipe them out. Made it look just like the U.S. military did it.
This is worth repeating....
If that's what happened (and I pray it is) a lot of people are going to look stupid, including some around here....
There are many, many books out there describing this. It was the VC's way of winning the hearts and minds of Liberals in this country.
We see all these "ifs" and mays" posted here while considering the Marines guilty. Well what "if" these people who were killed actually told the Marines where the Terrorists were hiding and after the fire fight the Terrorists "may" have went in and killed the all of those people for helping the Marines.
Until the facts come out, Marines, just like all American's) are innocent until proven guilty
Except that the Marines themselves reported killing five men running from a cab and they claim that 15 Iraqis were killed in the same IED blast that killed their comrade. After subsequent investigations they admitted that the 15 Iraqis (mostly women and chldren) were all killed by gunfire and non had been killed by the IED. IF the insurgents did this to make it look like the Marines had done it, why did the marines say the villagers died of a bomb blast? Are you saying that combat marines cant distinquish between injuries resulting from a bullet vs. a blast? What have you been smoking?
yeah and the stupid MSM falls for it EVERY time. This is not a new tactic. The VC would go to great detail to make it look like we offed a village where we had never even BEEN.
I havent watched any of the big 3 newscasts in over 10 years and will never do so again. Hell I dont watch the networks, period.
Lets all wait and let our military justice system work.