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Count me in.
What do I need to do?
Bump
God bless this Marine. I would've done the same thing.
If he needs a defense fund let us be there.
bump
Who is the idiot in charge that allowed the cameras in there in the first place? You are wasting your time. While I agree with you - it's too late. The PR damage has been done. The one who should be disciplined is the one who allowed NBC to film this OR didn't have controls in place to ensure that footage like this wasn't shown.
I agree with you totally.
These "Embedded Reporters" have got to go. You can't fight a war under a microscope and if there is the SLIGHTEST possibility you or your buddies are going to get wasted by some death-feigning terrorist - he should be wasted first.
As far as I'm concerned, the fewer prisoners they take of these fiends the better off everyone will be.
It's inexplicable to me how that the CNN website (along with other major news outlets) will be willing to show this killing, but can't show ANY video (as far as I know) of any of the be-heading of hostages or some previous videos of our soldiers being killed because they are "too graphic" or might "inflame" the public. I guess they only care about inflaming the Arab public. MSM to Marines: "we blame America first, last, and foremost" ... how sad and demoralizing to our troops.... not that they (MSM) care....
And I'll be right with ya on that, neighbor.
"MSM is SICK."
AMEN TO THAT!
"Other suggestions?"
Nope.
You've said all that needs saying.
Except.
...Washington better damned well be listening.
I'll do what I can to help. Send e-mails to NBC, slander the reporter wherever I can, etc.
Wisconsin has lost SIX Marines and Soldiers in this battle for Fallujah. I didn't see anyone filming their "executions!"
Gawd. This double-standard is sickening. They need to get those frickin' reporters out of there and let our guys do their jobs.
The terrorists we are fighting in places like Fallujah are "unlawful combatants" and as such should not be afforded any of the protections extended by international law to "lawful combatants." I think it was a mistake for the Bush administration to extend such protections in circumstances that clearly did not warrant them. This young marine's case is just the latest example of why this misguided policy is a bad idea.
Simply put, "lawful combatants" are members of organized armed forces who are entitled under international law to certain protections. "Unlawful combatants," by contrast, are members of armed criminal gangs rather than members of a regular army, and they do not qualify for the same treatment. For example, to be protected under the Geneva Conventions, a soldier must belong to an organized military force. To qualify for protection, this force must have a chain of command, wear a recognizable uniform, follow the laws of war (which means, among other things, not targeting civilians), and must carry their arms openly. Clearly, the criminals we are fighting in Iraq fail each of these tests miserably.
The senior military and civilian leadership had better stand up and support this young marine. For it was they that put him in the untenable situation of having to fight an enemy that does not even pretend to adhere to the internationally accepted laws of land warfare.
I am sooo angry at the media for this. You got my support in this. Whatever I can do I will do.
Not to worry. The Corps is not some liberal "PC" outfit and those of us who are or were ever in the Marines and actually in combat know that when in doubt you "shoot first and ask questions later."
The Corps will not "throw this Marine over" and will stand behind him regardless of what the liberal media has to say.
War is not Hollywood, you don't get a "second take."
Semper Fi,
Kelly
Damn the media!
I also think this young Marine is getting slimed in the press, and I support him. My prayers are with him and his family.