Posted on 11/16/2004 8:41:38 PM PST by Luigi Vasellini
Guess what teds blathering about. Soldier killing an animal.
He's such an idiot.
Even IF this soldier's action was wrong, this is a one isolated incident story. Turning it into something more is the "treason."
In case you missed it, this is where the MSM's treatment of such subjects has gotten our troops:
http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20041116/southsound/34351.shtml
Makes me sick......
will somebody please think of the children?
no blood for oil.
(insert liberal decries of choice ad nauseum)
Is the mentioning the subhumans murdering that woman? NO, of course not.
SU Ted!
Maybe Ted Koppel should grab a rifle and walk through that mosque. Let's see what kind of decision that trader makes! God Bless our Troops
(That's "Nicaragua" for those of you in Rio Linda. )
Hypocrits! Where was PETA after THAT???? NO WHERE.
Give it up TED...and all those like you.
We're RED as Zell and we're not taking your blue crap anymore!
Boy, aint THAT the truth!
Well, in fairness to Ted, remember how he really went after Kerry and his bogus Silver Star citation for chasing down that wounded young Viet Cong and finishing him off? Or... Wait-a-minute....
Once upon a time I liked Koppel. He makes me sick, now.
http://www.theksbwchannel.com/news/3924081/detail.html?treets=mty&tid=2654370204813&tml=mty_4pm&tmi=mty_4pm_1_06000111162004&ts=H
Did the MSN traitors miss THIS STORY? How convinient.
We need everybody to call every talk show in their area and repeat this atrocity on the radios!
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=59430
I watched my local news tonight and saw the heartbreaking story of a local Marine who was killed in Fallujah.
His father said he was killed by a man who was pretending to be dead.
"The first thing when he got Fallujah, he had us mail over as many boxes of soccer balls as we could and he blew them up and gave them out to as many kids as he could find. He wasn't there to kill people. He was there to do a job. If that meant killing people he would, but he was there to help the people of Iraq and we're very proud of him for that," Ailes father, Joel Ailes, said.
http://www.theksbwchannel.com/news/3924081/detail.html?treets=mty&tid=2654370204813&tml=mty_4pm&tmi=mty_4pm_1_06000111162004&ts=H
In Response To: LOCAL MARINE KILLED BY MAN PLAYING DEAD (Rayelan)
Regarding the story that is headlines in all the papers and the lead story on most network TV newscasts... the story about the Marine who shot the man who was pretending to be dead.
The following article presents the first balanced reporting of this incident that I have read so far:
International legal experts said the Marine may have acted in self-defense because of a danger that a wounded combatant might try to blow up a hidden weapon; a key issue was whether the injured man was a prisoner at the time.
The shooting happened Saturday, one day after the Marine, who has not been identified, was wounded in the face and after another man in his unit was killed by the booby-trapped body of an insurgent.
The left hate our troops, they support the terrorist enemy, they hate the Iraqi people, they want to see them tortured and imprisoned by the terrorists. They are evil and dangerous fools.
Your cartoon says it all: the Leftist Media targets the military and kills the soldier.
Tomorrow he'll fly in Islamic terrorists to verify the reporter's story that this Marine should be executed before a firing squad.
Now that the election is over they can expose their true hatred for the military. I knew that "we support the troops" stuff was a load of bullshit all along.....
We had a Marine from our town killed this week also. He wrestled throughout high school with my son, also 24 yrs old. I feel absolutely NO pity for any dead Iraqis.
http://www.wisinfo.com/sheboyganpress/news/archive/local_18642803.shtml
Issue the order. They obey or die. Simple.
Maybe I am misunderstanding you. Are you suggesting killing Koppel?
If you are, you are way out of line.
Anything to undermine the morale of our troops--definitely treason in a time of war.
Dallas_renegade:
"This account has been banned or suspended."
and none too soon.
Damn, this was a missed op. The insurgents really let me down.
Ted K could've had a date with reality had the insurgents been on the ball that day.
I don't want Ted K dead, I just want whatever needs to happen to make him take our side to happen.
--- Major J.F. Thomas (Jack Thompson), Breaker Morant
How right you are. This whole embedding business has to stop. While there are some benefits to it, I think the downside is just too great. This war is as much about perception as it is about reality, and in a war it is just too easy to criticise just about everything. Having it on video, really just makes it 100 times worse. The reporters can follow the troops as they clear certain areas, but that's it. Don't put them in an actual fighting unit.
The VC was armed, and hadn't surrendered already. This prisoner had surrendered and was unarmed. Of course, the Marine didn't seem to realize that at the time he shot. It seems to be a mistake with tragic consequences, as it will be a black eye on a great job done by the troops. :-(
Yes, although others on here have suggested killing the reporters who are covering the troops. :-(
Creepy Koppell reading the names of the dead heroes on his "special"...I wonder if would even consider reading the names of the dead in the 9-11 attacks...
Is treason still a crime in this country?
Will the government ever find the guts to try somebody for it again?
If we killed all the aholes we would lose about 47% of our population.
Anyone watching Ted Copulate right now?
Complete and totally disgusting treason
I know what you mean, because the 'Kerry' was John O'Neill for daring to raise questions about Kerry. People remember Larry O'Donnell for doing his Sam Kinnison impression on national tv. But that interview with O'Neill, if you'll remember, saw Ted Koppel literally try to talk over, almost shout down, John O'Neill because O'Neill would not say the words Koppel wanted to put in his mouth.
Too many people defend this hack, Koppel. I see it even on the weblogs. A serious reporter, someone just interested in the truth, doesn't shout somebody down, or harass them, because they won't say something that isn't true. Koppel is no journalist. Some of these people need to remember that interview. That's Ted Koppel. Folks want to defend Koppel, then start with that. Cause that's who he is.
Not so. Here's the account from another thread:
A second group of Marines entered the mosque on Saturday after reports it had been reoccupied.
Footage from the embedded television crew showed the five still in the mosque, although several appeared to be already close to death, Sites said.
He said one Marine noticed one of the prisoners was still breathing.
A Marine can be heard saying on the pool footage provided to Reuters Television: "He's fucking faking he's dead. He faking he's fucking dead."
It is not accurate to call him a prisoner. The marines were attacking a mosque that they thought had been reoccupied.
The wounded terrorist was therefore not a prisoner. And because he was either playing dead or unconscious, he had not surrendered.
ping
Put the reporters at the front of the attack, where they can "see" all, it'll make a "better" story too.
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