Sites should have never release that footage. I agree, he’s living on borrowed time.
Posted on 11/17/2004 9:02:43 AM PST by areafiftyone
Sites should have never release that footage. I agree, he’s living on borrowed time.
MY MY MY he does promote himself doesn't he??? EGOMANIAC???
If the enemy chooses to use this tactic then their wounded are fair game.
I hope Sites finds a boobytrapped terrorist.
Sometimes even a terrorist can get the drop on a warrior. To use self-defense as an argument here is perfectly valid. The Marine defended himself by taking aggressive action.
My bet is that they will find that the kid had less than 12 hours of sleep over a five day period...and was mostly mentally exhausted. For years, this scenario has been played over and over...and people (even pilots) can't operate at realistic mental capacity with a average of 3 hours or less of sleep per day. Take a stripe away from the kid....sent him to mental eval...and then welcome him back after six months. He's a great lesson upon other members of the corps on what can happen when you aren't thinking. He should not get jail time...its simply a total waste.
NBC reporter, Kevin Sites has a lot to answer for...this is unecessary anti-troop propaganda. Whose side is he on? The beheaders?
When one side ignores the law of war and pulls the kind of crap those Fallujah dirtbags are pulling, it inevitably drags even the good guys down a bit. A message needs to be sent that we don't routinely condone that type of action, but I don't want to see anything bad happen to that Marine, either. He's doing his job, and its not a pretty place in which to be doing it.
I've been rather pleasantly surprised by the number of people at my work, even liberals, who won't condemn this kid. I think they get it.
He's a rogue photographer. He is on the side that can give him the best coverage, IMHO.
Being charged with murder for killing the enemy in war!!??
The world has gone crazy.
Mr. Sites:
Shame on you. The Marines allowed you to go on their patrols with them. They would have protected you with their lives. Instead, you betrayed their trust by sending the video of the incident in controversy to your headquarters rather than immediate Marine headquarters.
You sir, are a traitor to the marines that protected you while you were on the job. You're not a "journalist" , but a propagandist.
Should you, by some misfortune, become lost during one of these patrols and become a hostage of the Muslims, remember that those of us that have worn the uniform of this country will consider your demise at the hand of the enemy as "Battlefield Justice".
Regrettably,
(name witheld on FR Forum)
U.S.Army, 1967-1973
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He should not become a hostage. The Marines around him should just stop warning him about dangerous situations such as snipers, boobytraps, landmines, rooms full of terrorists that haven't been cleared, etc. It's all a matter of watching your buddy's back and reciprocity.
Good point. Let’s also keep in mind that a) the guy the Marine shot was a non-uniformed combatant (i.e. a terrorist) and b) was operating out of a known sanctuary (a mosque). Either of these facts combined with the circumstances at hand placed him outside of the protection of international law, which addresses only the rights of uniformed enemy combatants. Our Marine had every right to shoot the guy, as the upcoming investigation will prove.
The “reporter” who made the tape is openly hostile to the current war effort and has stated so publicly on numerous occasions. Why the DoD allows such “reporters” (or, indeed, any members of the news media at all) to accompany our forces in battle is a mystery to me.
Was he a prisoner, I heard nothing to indicate that. He was hiding, pretending to be dead, but was he surrendering?
Is there anything we can do to help him.
Major Dittos!!!
They better think twice before taking action; young men who have not yet enlisted are watching. Why should they even enlist if this sort of thing is allowed to happen?
I am not as forgiving as you.
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