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Offline Gunslinger

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« on: November 15, 2004, 07:40:26 PM »
I figured the Amerihaters on this board would be all over the story of a Marine shooting two wounded inusrgents on the ground.  Check your favorite news site for a link.
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« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2004, 07:53:26 PM »
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I figured the Amerihaters on this board would be all over the story of a Marine shooting two wounded inusrgents on the ground.  Check your favorite news site for a link.


So did I.
Was going to start the thread myself about it but decided to wait to see if anyone else had something to say about it.

Far as Im concerned the marine was justified.
Particularly since it seems to be becomming common practice for such woulded insurgents to play dead untill one of our guys gets close then opens fire on our guys.

If I were in his place I wouldnt have even bothered saying anything. I would have just shot at the slightest movement.
If the insurgent didnt want to die he shoulda have stayed in the city.
Its not like they didnt know we were comming.
This has to be the most advertised attack in military history

Another point. In doing that he did something the insurgents actually understand.

The rest of the world may not like it
But what we're dealing with here is a mindset unlike the rest of the world.
They dont "get" compassion and see it as weak.
Execution they "get"
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« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2004, 08:32:02 PM »
They will be here soon enough, first they gotta spank that poor monkey while watching the news clip.

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Offline Gunslinger

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« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2004, 09:09:45 PM »
I'm reserving major judgment either way.  let the Corps investigate it.  If the kid did something wrong they'll find out and punish accordingly.  But I am obviously biased here to give the benifit of the doubt and agree partially w/ drediock that there were reports that they've been running into wounded/dead enemys w/ grenades and other forms of boobie traps.
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« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2004, 09:10:33 PM »
john heinz-kerry shoots a wounded viet cong and gets a silver star, of course heinz-kerry made sure there were no witness.
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« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2004, 09:16:06 PM »
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john heinz-kerry shoots a wounded viet cong and gets a silver star, of course heinz-kerry made sure there were no witness.


Isn't his silver star citation a witness?
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« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2004, 09:24:33 PM »
When you hear one of the soldiers saying "he's faking being dead" pretty much sum's up the state of their mind... reminds me of an old saying... "It's better to be tried by 12 then be carried off by six".
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« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2004, 09:27:38 PM »
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Isn't his silver star citation a witness?


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Asked what it saw, the Silver Star pushed it's way through the throng of reporters, issued a terse "No Comment", climbed into the limosine and departed for the airport.
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« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2004, 09:33:43 PM »
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Asked what it saw, the Silver Star pushed it's way through the throng of reporters, issued a terse "No Comment", climbed into the limosine and departed for the airport.




:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
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Offline Maverick

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« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2004, 09:48:22 PM »
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Asked what it saw, the Silver Star pushed it's way through the throng of reporters, issued a terse "No Comment", climbed into the limosine and departed for the airport.
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« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2004, 10:18:21 PM »
Sometimes you guys are just too damned stupid for words.
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« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2004, 10:31:38 PM »
>>I figured the Amerihaters on this board would be all over the story of a Marine shooting two wounded inusrgents on the ground. Check your favorite news site for a link.

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Well . God forbid, perhaps the strawmen aren't Amerihaters but people with souls and convictions that just happen to disagree with you. God forbid it be that simple.
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« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2004, 10:57:22 PM »
Lay off Kerry and his citations. You were'nt there.

I say it's not our call to pass judgement on this Marine. The JAG will do an investigation and a take it from there. In his shoes, I may have done the same thing.
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« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2004, 11:02:42 PM »
According to some of the people who WERE there, Kerry wasn't there for about half of at least the most famous one.


I do find it VERY interesting and amusing that you didn't bother to comment at all either way, until Kerry's name was brought up.
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« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2004, 11:21:43 PM »
Virgil, forgive me for actually playing AH for a few hours before reading the BBS. Why don't we talk about the heroin addict you use as an avatar instead?
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