Marine cleared in Iraq videotaped shooting

[Naso]

I interviewed your Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Willy Buhl, before the battle for Falluja began. He said something very powerful at the time-something that now seems prophetic. It was this:

"We're the good guys. We are Americans. We are fighting a gentleman's war here -- because we don't behead people, we don't come down to the same level of the people we're combating. That's a very difficult thing for a young 18-year-old Marine who's been trained to locate, close with and destroy the enemy with fire and close combat. That's a very difficult thing for a 42-year-old lieutenant colonel with 23 years experience in the service who was trained to do the same thing once upon a time, and who now has a thousand-plus men to lead, guide, coach, mentor -- and ensure we remain the good guys and keep the moral high ground."

'nuff said.

[Tumor]

Good deal!

[Gixer]

Originally posted by NUKE
I am staying on the subject of this thread. The media is not banned by America in Iraq. You made a point (sarcastic) that if the media was banned, then the news stories would be biased  how the military or government saw fit.

You have shown that you take the word of communist governments, who allow ZERO media coverage of their actions in battle and atrocites, as fact. You seem to be a hypocrite regarding media coverage.

Well Nuke your going to have to argue with yourself on this one as my girlfriend has just got back from college and I'm on one weeks leave. So enjoy yourself until I get back. I think someone saw your dummy somewhere over on the other side of the room.


...-Gixer

[oboe]

Originally posted by Vulcan
Bingo, and they should pull out these freaking war correspondents as well. They do more damage than good. War is and always will be a brutal, and unfair business, broadcasting it virtually live back to the people back home is both ghoulish and bad for morale. Somethings are better left unseen.

I'm not sure I've read anything I disagree with more.   Well that's a little strong I guess.  Maybe you were being sarcastic and I just haven't had enough coffee this morning to detect it?   But yours is a vote for censorship, plain and simple.    Should the press stop covering politics, business, and criminal justice news too, in case it upsets people or hurts their morale?   I'm sure Tom Delay, the former Enron execs, and a host of Catholic priests would prefer that too.

I'd much rather have everyone know what's going on.  The majority of the American people supported the invasion; I'd rather they just grow a pair and deal with the inevitable brutality war brings.  They voted for it, after all.

[lazs2]

well... that is a relief.  I can't belive that they ever even charged him.

lazs

[john9001]

poor Kevin Sites, all he wanted was a pultzer.