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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Maniac on November 23, 2004, 01:55:31 PM
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'Something was not right'
((Ripped from AGW))
The broadcast last week of footage showing a US marine shooting an injured Iraqi fighter in Falluja caused an international outcry. Yesterday the cameraman, Kevin Sites, published on his website this open letter to the marines with whom he had been embedded.
Since the shooting in the mosque, I've been haunted that I have not been able to tell you directly what I saw or explain the process by which the world came to see it as well.
As you know, I'm not some war zone tourist with a camera who doesn't understand that ugly things happen in combat. I've spent most of the last five years covering global conflict. But I have never in my career been a "gotcha" reporter - hoping for people to commit wrongdoings so I can catch them at it.
This week I've been shocked to see myself painted as some kind of anti-war activist. Anyone who has seen my reporting on television or has read my dispatches on the web is fully aware of the lengths I've gone to to play it straight down the middle - not to become a tool of propaganda for the left or the right. But I find myself a lightning rod for controversy in reporting what I saw occur in front of me, camera rolling.
It's time for you to have the facts, in my own words, about what I saw, without imposing on that marine guilt or innocence or anything in between. I want you to read my account and make up your own minds. Here it goes.
It's Saturday morning and we're still at our strong point from the night before, a clearing between a set of buildings on the southern edge of the city. The advance has been swift, but pockets of resistance still exist. In fact, we're taking sniper fire from both the front and the rear.
Weapons Company uses its 81's (mortars) where they spot muzzle flashes. The tanks do some blasting of their own. By mid-morning, we're told we're moving north again. We'll be back clearing some of the area we passed yesterday. There are also reports that the mosque, where 10 insurgents were killed and five wounded on Friday, may have been re-occupied overnight.
I decide to leave you guys and pick up with one of the infantry squads as they move house-to-house back toward the mosque. Many of the structures are empty of people - but full of weapons. Outside one residence, a member of the squad lobs a frag grenade over the wall. Everyone piles in, including me.
While the marines go into the house, I follow the flames caused by the grenade into the courtyard. When the smoke clears, I can see through my viewfinder that the fire is burning beside a large pile of anti-aircraft rounds.
I yell to the lieutenant that we need to move. Almost immediately after clearing out of the house, small explosions begin as the rounds cook off in the fire.
At that point, we hear the tanks firing their 240-machine guns into the mosque. There's radio chatter that insurgents inside could be shooting back. The tanks cease fire and we file through a breach in the outer wall.
We hear gunshots that seem to becoming from inside the mosque. A marine from my squad yells, "Are there marines in here?"
When we arrive at the front entrance, we see that another squad has already entered before us.
The lieutenant asks them, "Are there people inside?"
One of the marines raises his hand signaling five.
"Did you shoot them," the lieutenant asks?
"Roger that, sir, " the same marine responds.
"Were they armed?" The marine just shrugs and we all move inside.
Immediately after going in, I see the same black plastic body bags spread around the mosque. The dead from the day before. But more surprising, I see the same five men that were wounded from Friday as well. It appears that one of them is now dead and three are bleeding to death from new gunshot wounds.
The fifth is partially covered by a blanket and is in the same place and condition he was in on Friday, near a column. He has not been shot again. I look closely at both the dead and the wounded. There don't appear to be any weapons anywhere.
"These were the same wounded from yesterday," I say to the lieutenant. He takes a look around and goes outside the mosque with his radio operator to call in the situation to Battalion Forward HQ.
I see an old man in a red kaffiyeh lying against the back wall. Another is face down next to him, his hand on the old man's lap - as if he were trying to take cover. I squat beside them, inches away and begin to videotape them. Then I notice that the blood coming from the old man's nose is bubbling. A sign he is still breathing. So is the man next to him.
While I continue to tape, a marine walks up to the other two bodies about 15 feet away, but also lying against the same back wall.
Then I hear him say this about one of the men:
"He's ****ing faking he's dead - he's faking he's ****ing dead."
Through my viewfinder I can see him raise the muzzle of his rifle in the direction of the wounded Iraqi. There are no sudden movements, no reaching or lunging.
However, the marine could legitimately believe the man poses some kind of danger. Maybe he's going to cover him while another marine searches for weapons.
Instead, he pulls the trigger. There is a small splatter against the back wall and the man's leg slumps down.
"Well he's dead now," says another marine in the background.
I am still rolling. I feel the deep pit of my stomach. The marine then abruptly turns away and strides away, right past the fifth wounded insurgent lying next to a column. He is very much alive and peering from his blanket.
He is moving, even trying to talk. But for some reason, it seems he did not pose the same apparent "danger" as the other man - though he may have been more capable of hiding a weapon or explosive beneath his blanket.
But then two other marines in the room raise their weapons as the man tries to talk.
For a moment, I'm paralysed still taping with the old man in the foreground. I get up after a beat and tell the marines again, what I had told the lieutenant - that this man - all of these wounded men - were the same ones from yesterday. That they had been disarmed treated and left here.
At that point the marine who fired the shot became aware that I was in the room. He came up to me and said, "I didn't know sir - I didn't know." The anger that seemed present just moments before turned to fear and dread.
The wounded man then tries again to talk to me in Arabic.
He says, "Yesterday I was shot ... please ... yesterday I was shot over there - and talked to all of you on camera - I am one of the guys from this whole group. I gave you information. Do you speak Arabic? I want to give you information."
(This man has since reportedly been located by the Naval Criminal Investigation Service which is handling the case.)
In the aftermath, the first question that came to mind was why had these wounded men been left in the mosque?
It was answered by staff judge advocate Lieutenant Colonel Bob Miller - who interviewed the marines involved following the incident. After being treated for their wounds on Friday by a navy corpsman (I personally saw their bandages) the insurgents were going to be transported to the rear when time and circumstances allowed.
The area, however, was still hot. And there were American casualties to be moved first.
Also, the squad that entered the mosque on Saturday was different than the one that had led the attack on Friday.
It's reasonable to presume they may not have known that these insurgents had already been engaged and subdued a day earlier.
Yet when this new squad engaged the wounded insurgents on Saturday, perhaps really believing they had been fighting or somehow posed a threat - those marines inside knew from their training to check the insurgents for weapons and explosives after disabling them, instead of leaving them where they were and waiting outside the mosque for the squad I was following to arrive.
During the course of these events, there were plenty of mitigating circumstances like the ones just mentioned and which I reported in my story. The marine who fired the shot had reportedly been shot in the face himself the day before.
I'm also well aware from many years as a war reporter that there have been times, especially in this conflict, when dead and wounded insurgents have been booby-trapped, even supposedly including an incident that happened just a block away from the mosque in which one marine was killed and five others wounded. Again, a detail that was clearly stated in my television report.
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No one, especially someone like me who has lived in a war zone, would deny that a soldier or marine could legitimately err on the side of caution under those circumstances. War is about killing your enemy before he kills you.
In the particular circumstance I was reporting, it bothered me that the marine didn't seem to consider the other insurgents a threat - the one very obviously moving under the blanket, or even the two next to me that were still breathing.
I can't know what was in the mind of that marine. He is the only one who does.
But observing all of this as an experienced war reporter who always bore in mind the perils of this conflict, even knowing the possibilities of mitigating circumstances - it appeared to me very plainly that something was not right. According to Lt Col Bob Miller, the rules of engagement in Falluja required soldiers or marines to determine hostile intent before using deadly force. I was not watching from a hundred feet away. I was in the same room. Aside from breathing, I did not observe any movement at all.
Making sure you know the basis for my choices after the incident is as important to me as knowing how the incident went down.
I did not in any way feel like I had captured some kind of "prize" video. In fact, I was heartsick. Immediately after the mosque incident, I told the unit's commanding officer what had happened. I shared the video with him, and its impact rippled all the way up the chain of command. Marine commanders immediately pledged their cooperation.
We all knew it was a complicated story and, if not handled responsibly, could have the potential to further inflame the volatile region. I offered to hold the tape until they had time to look into incident and begin an investigation - providing me with information that would fill in some of the blanks.
For those who don't practise journalism as a profession, it may be difficult to understand why we must report stories like this at all - especially if they seem to be aberrations, and not representative of the behaviour or character of an organisation as a whole.
The answer is not an easy one.
In war, as in life, there are plenty of opportunities to see the full spectrum of good and evil that people are capable of. As journalists, it is our job is to report both - though neither may be fully representative of those people on whom we're reporting.
But our coverage of these unique events, combined with the larger perspective, will allow the truth of that situation, in all of its complexities, to begin to emerge. That doesn't make the decision to report events like this one any easier. It has, for me, led to an agonising struggle - the proverbial long, dark night of the soul.
When NBC aired the story 48 hours later, we did so in a way that attempted to highlight every possible mitigating issue for that marine's actions. We wanted viewers to have a very clear understanding of the circumstances surrounding the fighting on that frontline. Many of our colleagues were just as responsible.
Other foreign networks made different decisions, and because of that, I have become the conflicted conduit who has brought this to the world.
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." I listened carefully when he said those words. I believed them.
So here, ultimately, is how it all plays out: when the Iraqi man in the mosque posed a threat, he was your enemy; when he was subdued he was your responsibility; when he was killed in front of my eyes and my camera - the story of his death became my responsibility.
The burdens of war, as you so well know, are unforgiving for all of us.
I pray for your soon and safe return.
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maniac... I know that you are beside yourself with glee but I still don't see things any differently.
I say it was the marines call and not ours or the the reporters. If he felt that the man was a threat then he would be foolish to not shoot.
I would ask him if he felt that man was a threat and why and leave it at that.
even if he shot out of reaction... that is still good enough for me. anything short of shooting men with their hands in plain sight or lining them up against the wall and shooting them is good enough for me.
The reporter didn't see squat.... only the marine knows what went down and in the fog of war he deserves to be belived and credited with making a decisin that he felt was the right one.
lazs
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Originally posted by lazs2
maniac... I know that you are beside yourself with glee but I still don't see things any differently.
Not at all. But i knew this was the kind of response i would get to this post.
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The article states nothing that hasnt allready been said by pretty much everyone on both sides of the issue in the other thread, which makes it kinda pointless after some maybe 400? posts about this event.
But anyway, thanks for posting this it was a nice read.
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I agree with laz. It was the Marines call. Nuff said.
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my sentiments exactly... the cameraman states that they had been getting fire from mosques and that the marines didn't know if mosques were retaken or not....
and... the cameraman didn't really see anything and.... the marine stated that he though the guy was faking before he shot...
I say that this is unproductive and detrimental to the safety of our troops if we second guess their split second decisions... much like what is happening to our police.
lazs
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Devils advocate question. What does "faking death" mean? Whats the difference between faking death and baing unconscious or just plain out of it? Can you tell from the video?
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Think of the Pacific ground war in WW2, i.e. Okinawa.
So, all been seen before.
Wounded japanese soldiers lobbing a hand grenade at the medics and that sort of stuff.
I don't know the "air" in those Iraqi town fights, but I'll well belive it's pretty nasty.
Still, makes me wonder. POW's from yesterday, half-dead, being holed like that?
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angus... if you don't know they were captured yesterday and there are no guards and mosques are being reoccupied after they have once been taken.... they really can't be considered POW's as such I wouldn't think.
lazs
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Soldiers don't have to wait for a cameraman to verify if someone is a threat or wait for the camera to film it.
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Interesting read.
Lotta arguements can still be made on both sides of the issue
I myself will reserve further judgment on the issue and let those far more qualified then any of us here decide.
And will accept one way or the other the results of the inquery one way or the other.
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Oh lord. I have a real problem with people shooting prisoners.
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If there is proof, then there is proof.
It is possible the guy was faking and wanted to kill the soldiers that fell for his ploy.
Imagine being the guy that could have saved your squad but withheld fire until it was too late.
Then again, the soldier might have been trigger happy, or paranoid, scared, etc.
I may sound brutal saying this, but one less terrorist fighter/revolutionary to deal with.
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Originally posted by GScholz
So you now agree that there was no fire coming from the mosque and that the Iraqis were unarmed?
Not so fast GS, even the reporter states there was reason the marines had reports that the mosque was recently reoccupied by insurgents, thats all that matters at the time being and it is how the marines likely percieved the situation - based on their info and briefings. Anything more is just 20/20 hindsight by us, people with much more time, information and a bigger POV to make conclusions.
And either way its obvious there was no fire at thew time of the shooting, so it's all rather irrelevant except to establish mindset.
But I have no wish to go with tjis discussion, as I said everyone has stated their views, wishes, thoughts and biases several times over in the previous thread. No need to do it again.
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That was just retarted GS...
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Interesting read. From what I gathered it seems like a few points can be taken from it.
The reporter seems to be after his own absolution. There are examples of compensation throughout the piece.
The only person that knows exatly why the trigger was pulled was the soldier. Until his deposition is released, I don't think it's right for anyone to be pointing fingers.
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That was just retarted GS...
Retarded
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Well, a different squad went in and shot first, niether squad had been there before,and the guy that took the shot had not been in there before.All he knows at the time of of his entry is that there were shots fired in the mosque (while they were getting close),and that there was another Marine squad there.
The guy that they did'nt kill had both hands in the open.
the guy that he shot , in his view, was faking.
nough said
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GScholz
Curious just exactly how much actual for real combat you saw?
I mean the up close and personal type.
Some folks I know for fact have been in it up close eye to eye,3 from WWII, 2 from Korea, and 2 from Nam have our doubts.
Or as the Nam Vet put it and pretty much summed up the others feelings.
"this guy is full of crap"
though his actual statement was a little more salty
though to be fair one WWII vet said "IF you saw it at all you were probably rear echelon"
Their words, not mine
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The bad guys died, that's all that matters.
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I don't understand all the uproar about it. Have they searched (even quickly) the guy after he was shot? If he had a weapon or a grenade on him or near him, the Marine took an appropriate action. If he was unharmed, the Marine probably made an error of judgment. And the severity of this error should be evaluated according to the circumstances of the event.
Let's just wait for the investigation results. And I certainly hope that if found guilty the Marine won't be more severely punished just because it happened in front of a camera.
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I think the marine popped a guy that was already 95% dead. bfd
But you know.....I wasnt there and I wasnt getting shot at. I do think alot of marines have been popping off wounded insurgents just as a matter of battlefield practicality and Im ok with it, but marines/soldiers ought not be popping these guys off just for kicks or as some sort of stick it to ems...... It should be done just to insure personal and unit safety.
Having said all that, I dont think that this marine popping off a mostly dead guy should be severely punished. Maybe disharged on administrative grounds at the worst. Im not going to ask a marine to go fight in a war and then punish him for poor judgement on a field of battle, not for something that falls within the confines of constant hostile action, like this partiicular marine had been enduring for days without rest......
jmo
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Originally posted by GScholz
Well, you can return the favour and tell them they're full of crap.
My words.
Fine by me but you still havent answered the question..
Reason Im asking is your the only combat vet I've talked to that is willing to condemn this guy so easily.
By far the majority reserve judgement and usually say something along the lines of "I wasnt there"
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sheesh... ask the marine. if he says he thought the guy he shot was a threat then that is good enough for me...
I will be really angry if the marine says he thought the guy was a threat and he is still charged with anything serious.
I have no idea why some here would think that a soldier should be punished for making a decision like this unless it is some other agenda that has nothing to do with the right or wrong of the act itself.
I believe that the two that are doing the most hand wringing over this are simply voiceing their hate for American and the war.
I also think that most people here see that.
lazs
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should have just moab'd the whole city.
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Originally posted by Flit
Well, a different squad went in and shot first, niether squad had been there before,and the guy that took the shot had not been in there before.All he knows at the time of of his entry is that there were shots fired in the mosque (while they were getting close),and that there was another Marine squad there.
The guy that they did'nt kill had both hands in the open.
the guy that he shot , in his view, was faking.
nough said
Shot in the face the day before...anyone ever heard the word "payback" before?
Maybe none of you that get shot down on approach with 7 kills, never thought of upping in a la-7 to kill the SOB as he RTBs....
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Are these guys in uniform? I would think tha tthe advantages of lurking among the populace being able to attack or look innicent whenever you want, would have the downside of not being treated as well as a uniformed soldier.
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There is one point in things like that.
Ok, you're fighting the bad guy.
If you are as bad as the bad guy, who's the bad guy?
Come on, the US is being filmed while shooting wounded prisoners on the floor, etc etc. i.e. Jailstuff.
Just look up from your pond and imagine the outside view on this.
You saw the film, I hope. The U.S. soldier simply popped a leftover-from-yesterday-flat-on-the-floor-wounded guy with his assault weapon.
So, how do yo think it looks to an outsider.
Scholzie is right IMHO, - this is NOT easily excusable. This is in itself an absolute war crime.
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Why did the marine apologise if he thought the man was a threat.
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Who said he apologised?
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Originally posted by TheDudeDVant
Why did the marine apologise if he thought the man was a threat.
I think he was referring to the fact that the guys had been wounded the day before."I'm sorry sir, I did'nt know"
When he realized that, that is when he started apoligising.
If he had known these guy were leftovers from the day before,I doubt he would'a took the shot.
As far as he knew, these guys were shooting at Marines just a few minutes before.
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This stares out at me screaming inconsistancy in the story:
The wounded man then tries again to talk to me in Arabic.
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Originally posted by Vulcan
This stares out at me screaming inconsistancy in the story:
They probably interpeted what he was saying after reviewing the tape.
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The Marine sure acted remorseful when he saw that video camera there. Thats a sign that he knew what he did was wrong.
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Originally posted by RTSigma
If there is proof, then there is proof.
It is possible the guy was faking and wanted to kill the soldiers that fell for his ploy.
Imagine being the guy that could have saved your squad but withheld fire until it was too late.
Then again, the soldier might have been trigger happy, or paranoid, scared, etc.
I may sound brutal saying this, but one less terrorist fighter/revolutionary to deal with.
I agree, I thinks maybe we outta again watch all those videos of what the insurgents do to captured Americans :mad:
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Originally posted by Flit
I think he was referring to the fact that the guys had been wounded the day before."I'm sorry sir, I did'nt know"
When he realized that, that is when he started apoligising.
If he had known these guy were leftovers from the day before,I doubt he would'a took the shot.
As far as he knew, these guys were shooting at Marines just a few minutes before.
Take that idea to the next step. Either way, it seems the Marine had no reason to apologize if he saw the man as an immediate threat..
In the same situation and circumstances, I might have done the same thing. I will not attempt to justify the actions though. The soldier knew what he was doing and knew after as well..
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Originally posted by GScholz
I assume I'm also the only non-American combat vet you've talked to. My guess is you have your answer right there. Also I have not condemned the guy at all, and I have deferred judgement to the tribunal ... because as I have said repeatedly in the original thread: there are serious mitigating circumstances in this case.
Actually no.
One of the W.W.II vets was in one of the European countries (I think Poland) I'll find out for sure on Friday as his grandchildren go to the same school as my daughter
I know two that served for Germany but haven't seen them in a few years to ask them.
Fascinating to talk to though. To get the perspective from the other side. One was a crewman in a Tiger the other was infantry who ended up getting captured and spent the rest of the war in the USA as a POW.
After the war ended he decided to immigrate here and moved to a Town called "Highland Park" Which just happens to be about 90% Jewish. but thats another story.
Perhaps, And I remember you saying that in the original thread, but maybe its just me reading your posts wrong but the perception you are conveying in your posts since then is that your condemning him.
I would however agree with your original thread.
Just not sure I would agree with everything you've said since then.
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So lemme see. If an Iraqi insurgent "pops" a Marine, all you super-patriots are cool with that? After all, maybe the Marine was faking it, eh?
Strangely enough, this is not the first time US forces have been filmed giving the coup de grace to wounded Iraqis. And remember the video of the farmers getting blown away?
I don't blame the Marine. The responsibility lies with his Commander-in-Chief. There is your war criminal. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, have all commited crimes against humanity. Reagan sells arms to terrorists, Bush sells nerve gas and anthrax to Hussein, and you sheep keep voting them in. And actually think killing 10,000 civilians is doing them a favor.
Fools.
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Originally posted by greentail
So lemme see. If an Iraqi insurgent "pops" a Marine, all you super-patriots are cool with that? After all, maybe the Marine was faking it, eh?
Strangely enough, this is not the first time US forces have been filmed giving the coup de grace to wounded Iraqis. And remember the video of the farmers getting blown away?
I don't blame the Marine. The responsibility lies with his Commander-in-Chief. There is your war criminal. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, have all commited crimes against humanity. Reagan sells arms to terrorists, Bush sells nerve gas and anthrax to Hussein, and you sheep keep voting them in. And actually think killing 10,000 civilians is doing them a favor.
Fools.
They should moab you, too.
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Originally posted by greentail
So lemme see. If an Iraqi insurgent "pops" a Marine, all you super-patriots are cool with that? After all, maybe the Marine was faking it, eh?
Fools.
Maybe if the marines had been proven to have faked death and flown white flags in order to fake surrender as a matter of course.
On the other hand, would the media even care if a marine was shot in that situation?
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Greentail, Kerry lost!! Take it, you whackjob.
Take it!
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Steve, marry me!
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Originally posted by GScholz
That's ok. If we all agreed this forum would be rather boring, don't you think?
To summarize my oppinion:
1. The actions of those marines (one of them in particular) does constitute a war crime.
2. There are however serious mitigating circumstances which might make this an "accidental crime" (***** happens, especially in war).
3. It is up to the tribunal to decide whether any of them should be punished, and if so how severe that punishment should be.
so in other words, all of your previous posts in which you claimed to have first hand knowledge of the incident mean nothing. Maybe now you see that the facts need to be investigated before casting judgement.
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Originally posted by Martlet
They should moab you, too.
Well, that's a highly reasoned argument. At least you realise that there is no reasonable answer for what Reagan, Bush I and Bush II have done in the middle east.
And don't worry, if it will insure profits for the multinationals, they'll moab you, too.
"First they came for the Communists and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me, but by that time, no one was left to speak up."
- Pastor Martin Niemoeller, Nazi Germany
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"Try this for self reliance: buy your own f*cking stop signs, a*sholes."
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Originally posted by greentail
Well, that's a highly reasoned argument. At least you realise that there is no reasonable answer for what Reagan, Bush I and Bush II have done in the middle east.
And don't worry, if it will insure profits for the multinationals, they'll moab you, too.
"First they came for the Communists and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me, but by that time, no one was left to speak up."
- Pastor Martin Niemoeller, Nazi Germany
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"Try this for self reliance: buy your own f*cking stop signs, a*sholes."
I don't condone what they did. They needlessly wasted the lives of our troops. They should have nuked the place.
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First they came for the crazy jihadist insurgent Al Qaeda linked terrorist murderers and killed them.
Then they came back to base and joined America in celebrating Thanksgiving and eating a whole bunch of turkey.
Then they ate all the turkey, but by that time there were no more mashed potatoes for them..
The end...
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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
First they came for the crazy jihadist insurgent Al Qaeda linked terrorist murderers and killed them.
Then they came back to base and joined America in celebrating Thanksgiving and eating a whole bunch of turkey.
Then they ate all the turkey, but by that time there were no more mashed potatoes for them..
The end...
And they bring their coffins back in the dead of night. Why are our leaders ashamed of those brave souls who fight for our country?
I'll tell you why. They know that they have betrayed them, and they can't face their shame in the light of day.
That president that is your avatar Grunherz, he wasn't ashamed to decorate those SS graves at Bitburg, was he?
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"While it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative." -- John Stuart Mill
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The sudden deep, caring passion and respect for American soldiers from the post Vietnam left of late is certainly touching, though entirely unconvicing.
And yes of course, all the recent republican presidents (5 of the last 7 terms overall HAHA ) are evil war criminals and nazis who send their stormtroopers round the world to do their master's bidding. Reagan especially, how dare he oppose the benvolent communist Soviets so boldly!
And yes America is evil, and so on and so forth....
Have a happy Thanksgiving, be thankful that the Gestapo (FBI) has not got to you yet...
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Maybe if we gave the young marine to zarqawi so he could have his head cut off from his body while he had his hands tied behind his back and tape across his mouth you POS euro/canada whiners would stfu and the world would be one happy place just like it was before 9/11 /01.
Crapmunchers.....
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Take it Greentail!!!!
Ya leftist wingnut. Take it!
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. This is just more *****footing, we are trying a controled version of ethnic cleansing and itis getting US troops killed. Lets call it what it is, tell the world we are going to ethnically clense iraq of all that oppose Haliburtons claim to the oil, and install a haliburton govt.
Afghanistan has its Unocal govt, and Iraq needs its haliburton govt. Sorry for the bloodshed, but this is real world politics.
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greentail and whitehawk... where are you from?
lazs
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Originally posted by WhiteHawk
. This is just more *****footing, we are trying a controled version of ethnic cleansing and itis getting US troops killed. Lets call it what it is, tell the world we are going to ethnically clense iraq of all that oppose Haliburtons claim to the oil, and install a haliburton govt.
Afghanistan has its Unocal govt, and Iraq needs its haliburton govt. Sorry for the bloodshed, but this is real world politics.
LOL Ethnic cleansing?? Yeah, that's it- in fact it's the only explination for Bush allowing Mexican illegals over our border- After we kill all the Arabs we'll round up the illegal Mexicans and ship them off to Iraq to run the oilfields for fruit pickers pay.
I think it's a brilliant plan- had I known of this I'd never have opposed the Iraqi invasion.
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Originally posted by lazs2
greentail and whitehawk... where are you from?
lazs
Somewhere out there
(http://www.galaxyphoto.com/jw_andromeda_12.JPG)
But definetly not from
(http://www.galaxyphoto.com/glob_west.JPG)
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Originally posted by WhiteHawk
. This is just more *****footing, we are trying a controled version of ethnic cleansing and itis getting US troops killed. Lets call it what it is, tell the world we are going to ethnically clense iraq of all that oppose Haliburtons claim to the oil, and install a haliburton govt.
Afghanistan has its Unocal govt, and Iraq needs its haliburton govt. Sorry for the bloodshed, but this is real world politics.
Amazing!
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Ethnic cleansing? Hey wingnut, the insurgents are from many different countries and ethnicities. Just what ethnic group are we getting rid of?