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Ted koppels treason on now
ABC nightline | Nov. 11 2004 | me

Posted on 11/16/2004 8:41:38 PM PST by Luigi Vasellini

Guess what teds blathering about. Soldier killing an animal.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: Luigi Vasellini

Tomorrow he'll fly in Islamic terrorists to verify the reporter's story that this Marine should be executed before a firing squad.


21 posted on 11/16/2004 8:59:04 PM PST by Soul Seeker
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To: Williams

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.....


22 posted on 11/16/2004 8:59:47 PM PST by clintonh8r (Get Out The Gloat!!)
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To: Luigi Vasellini
so, abu graib wasn't an anomaly. all the MSM really does care about is when the crush of war hits the insurgents -- complete with either color photos or video, of course.
23 posted on 11/16/2004 8:59:48 PM PST by smonk
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To: steplock

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


24 posted on 11/16/2004 8:59:51 PM PST by Santana (Proud aunt of niece serving in Iraq)
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To: Luigi Vasellini

Issue the order. They obey or die. Simple.


25 posted on 11/16/2004 9:01:10 PM PST by Whispering Smith
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To: Dallas_renegade
Kill the mutha- $ucka. I would personally shoot him 1 more time for the f*uck of it. SHOOT THE MESSENGER!

Maybe I am misunderstanding you. Are you suggesting killing Koppel?

If you are, you are way out of line.

26 posted on 11/16/2004 9:01:16 PM PST by Graybeard58
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To: Luigi Vasellini

Anything to undermine the morale of our troops--definitely treason in a time of war.


27 posted on 11/16/2004 9:03:42 PM PST by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: Dallas_renegade

Dallas_renegade:

"This account has been banned or suspended."

and none too soon.


28 posted on 11/16/2004 9:04:04 PM PST by Graybeard58
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To: Graybeard58; All

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.


29 posted on 11/16/2004 9:05:04 PM PST by faithincowboys
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To: Luigi Vasellini
"The fact of the matter is that war changes men's natures. The barbarities of war are seldom committed by abnormal men. The tragedy of war is that these horrors are committed by normal men in abnormal situations; situations in which the ebb and flow of everyday life have departed and have been replaced by a constant round of fear and anger, blood and death. Soldiers at war are not to be judged by civilian rules . . . Even though they commit acts which calmly viewed afterwards could only be seen as unchristian and brutal . . . [W]e can not hope to judge such matters unless we ourselves have been submitted to the same pressures, the same provocations, as these men, whose actions are on trial."

--- Major J.F. Thomas (Jack Thompson), Breaker Morant

30 posted on 11/16/2004 9:05:05 PM PST by Alberta's Child (If whiskey was his mistress, his true love was the West . . .)
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To: smonk

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.


31 posted on 11/16/2004 9:05:16 PM PST by Trippin
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To: Lancey Howard

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. :-(


32 posted on 11/16/2004 9:06:59 PM PST by Gondring (They can have my Bill of Rights when they pry it from my cold, dead hands!)
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To: Graybeard58

Yes, although others on here have suggested killing the reporters who are covering the troops. :-(


33 posted on 11/16/2004 9:09:19 PM PST by Gondring (They can have my Bill of Rights when they pry it from my cold, dead hands!)
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To: Luigi Vasellini

34 posted on 11/16/2004 9:13:03 PM PST by Righter-than-Rush
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To: Luigi Vasellini

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...


35 posted on 11/16/2004 9:13:12 PM PST by eleni121 (NO more reaching out!)
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Is treason still a crime in this country?

Will the government ever find the guts to try somebody for it again?


36 posted on 11/16/2004 9:13:27 PM PST by Veritas et equitas ad Votum (If the Constitution "lives and breathes", it dies.)
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To: Gondring
Yes, although others on here have suggested killing the reporters who are covering the troops

If we killed all the aholes we would lose about 47% of our population.

37 posted on 11/16/2004 9:14:15 PM PST by Graybeard58
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To: All

Anyone watching Ted Copulate right now?
Complete and totally disgusting treason


38 posted on 11/16/2004 9:28:34 PM PST by 76834
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To: Lancey Howard
in fairness to Ted, remember how he really went after Kerry and his bogus Silver Star citation

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.

39 posted on 11/16/2004 9:29:20 PM PST by sevry
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To: Gondring
This prisoner had surrendered and was unarmed.

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.

40 posted on 11/16/2004 9:30:13 PM PST by Ken H
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