"Well, I'm all broken up about that man's rights."
Posted on 11/15/2004 3:56:58 PM PST by Kaslin
One thing's for sure. I'd bet $100 Kevin Sites is not embedded with Marines tonight. :)
Well it certainly is a war. Now, there is a propaganda compenent to it, but it is a war.
Yeah, those burned corpses hanging on the bridge, WAS the picture in the mind when one thought of Fallujah.
Then, this last week, seeing the Marines going through the town quickly kicking butt. That replaced the image of burned corpses.
Now, Oliver North just said that this incident will become wallpaper on the screens of the MSM and the story of Fallujah in the MSM and the Arab TV. Therefore, this incident will probably become THE story of Fallujah instead of the bravery of our Marines.
It is a shame, but I'm afraid he is right--Chrissy Mathews had Abu Ghraib as his main topic for at least a month or 6 weeks.
the MSM is doing what we expect, they are scum. I'm watching to see what the administration does, that's what important to me. when I hear Sean Hannity saying "this looks bad" just now on his show, I'm sensing a possible cave in here.
Agreed.
Get a grip.
BTTT
I'm gripped just fine.
Sean now covering the booby trap angle.
An investigation with possible prosecution if warranted hardly sounds like caving. It sounds like a responsible way to maintain discipline, ROE amd run a military.
I agree.
Those that trust the MSM are already US-haters. The rest of us (the majority) don't give a crap what they report.
Sorry, we won't dishonor our brave by cutting & running thereby losing this war & endangering us all.
no way this warrants any kind of prosecution. US soldiers lined up and shot nazi death camp guards when liberating those locations - seeing what had gone on there. any of them court marshalled?
? you must be talking to someone else.
We went through this in the 70s.
I really wish that was the case. I'd still like to go back, don't get me wrong, but it hasn't been a 'war' in well over a year. At least not by any definition that history would recognize.
You shouldn't start the Monday morning thing now. You have no idea what the Marine in question knew at the time. How do you know whether the terrorist in question had been lying there for 24hours or 2 minutes? The Marine may have been told everyone in there was dead. They certainly looked dead. Then one starts to move. You obviously don't need a lecture from me about combat situations. I just want to remind you that a video clip tells very little of a story and certainly isn't enough to pass final judgement.
"Well, I'm all broken up about that man's rights."
Just listened to Ollie North. He handled it very well. I also agree with your post and the implications you shared.
This is when we must support our troops even more! The MSM will just blow this up and as Ollie said, make it all so exaggerated that all the good our troops do in sacrificing for our country and the honorable and difficult way they have had to fight will be minimized or negated.
This is war. Al jazeera is going to lie anyways, and I am so disgusted that our MSM is right behind them. But we showed the world we support our troops by putting Bush back in office and making sure that Traitor Kerry was exposed!
I think the idea of contacting our representatives to say we support our troops and support this young Marine for what he has given is a good one.
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