Posted on 11/17/2004 8:05:47 AM PST by Luis Gonzalez
What happens when you send an anti-war activist to Iraq with our Marines? You get an ordinary wartime incident blown out of proportion and presented in such a way that a good soldier ends up accused of war crimes.
One of our fighting men has come "under investigation" for shooting a terrorist who was pretending to be dead in a mosque. of course, the media is spinning this as a "shooting of a wounded, unarmed Iraqi". Fact is that this was a terrorist playing dead, hoping one of our troops would get close enough to kill, or hoping to escape to kill other soldiers. Instead, this marine killed the enemy.
As we took Fallujah back from the terrorists, several of our Marines who approached the supposed dead or wounded terrorists were wounded or killed; this Marine was in a situation where he felt he was in danger and his fellow soldiers were in danger. This is war, and this Marine did his duty.
FACT: Kevin Sites is an anti-war activist. His pictures are on display as part of a "visual statement against the war" on Images Against War"...the name speaks for itself.
Department of Defense: 703-428-0711
House/Senate contact: 202-224-3441
USMC Public Relations: 703-614-1492
This is war, and war is hell...we didn't start it, but we're sure as hell going to finish it.
''Journalists'' like this should be treated as ''enemy combatants''.
DFU, I thought you might like to see this. Thank, Louis.
They should at the very least be exposed.
Even Sandy Burglar still walks free.
America has decided it will do NOTHING to protect itself, domestically.
BTTT, e-mails already sent to my Republican Senator's in support!
From every account I've read on a whole slew of sites, the guy definitely was previously wounded and had been left there the previous day. That's the crux of it. But just cause you're wounded doesn't mean you ain't dangerous. I have no problem with the kid's actions. He's protecting the lives of himself and his fellow troops. Unfortunately, he's fighting terrorists and the MSM.
Can you use this info?
We don't make threats on this site...
Sites supported Kerry - believes he deserved a Silver Star for killing a wounded and unarmed child.
Easy with that kind of talk....
You only have two rounds left.
Quick! What do you do!
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Shoot the reporter twice....
look, I don't like his type, but why did the Marines invite this moron to come with and then do what he wanted to see in front of him?
Are we to assume we can figure out this reporter's angle,but the Marines couldn't?
You can't invite the media then censor them.
Either have them with or don't.
I guess that I got this one wrong. I would have offered to take the reporters picture and have him stand next to the bodies. I would have to stand at the doorway for the best angle to capture the moment, of course.
Does anyone know if this 'reporter' is still attached to a Marine unit or have they pulled him out?
Long past time to censor the war zone. We don't need this crap.
I don't think this unit is taking very kindly to this scumbag right now.....My 2c
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