To: Buckeye Battle Cry
A US marine has sparked world-wide revulsion after being seen shooting an injured and helpless Iraqi.
This "injured and helpless Iraqi" was, indeed, injured -- one of the soldiers says so -- but that does NOT mean that he was at all helpless. This terrorist had been, only moments before, in the middle of a gun-battle with our guys. He's been shot. But, since we cannot see what the Iraqi was doing in the video (and I've seen the video ... he's totally out of view and the reporter who shot the footage couldn't see anything either), we simply do NOT know how he might have been resisting or threatening our guys. Just because an enemy has been injured that doesn't mean he's helpless or not still fighting.
The bias of the media making this report is SICK. It's in the title of the article, and in the content -- the way it was phrased. They ASSUME the Iraqi was unarmed and not resisting. There is NOTHING to indicate this. Likewise, it asserts that our soldier executed this guy. Bull ... he shot a wounded but still fighting combatant ... plain and simple. It was justified and valid. PERIOD.
116 posted on
11/14/2004 6:45:22 PM PST by
TexasGreg
("Democrats Piss Me Off")
To: TexasGreg
"Just because an enemy has been injured that doesn't mean he's helpless or not still fighting."
right! IF shooting an injured enemy combatant is a 'war crime', then why did John Kerry get a silver star for doing
exactly that
... this was no crime. This is war. War is hell. And our enemies, including our enemies in the leftie media, need to learn that.
147 posted on
11/14/2004 6:53:42 PM PST by
WOSG
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