Posted on 11/17/2004 1:47:01 PM PST by johnny7
We need to dump the Geneva Convention, Americans are naturally kind enough to their prisoners without threatening laws hanging over their heads.
I don't like seeing our troops and their morale, future, and lives, at risk because they are tied to a treaty that no one but us upholds.
I didn't know that. I will buy in Sears.
I want to see them go after the inbred reporter who knew the circumstances of the mosque and those inside and DIDN'T bother to inform the Marine squad.
IMO, it is Sites who should be brought up on charges, if any are to be levied.
Hey Joe, Get your head out of your... er sand.
I can't believe the overreaction to this. This was not an "atrocity". It was not a "war crime." It's not as if the soldiers took blindfolded, handcuffed prisoners, lined them up against a wall and said "let's execute them."
As evidenced by the fact that the other wounded guy who showed his hands was not shot, the soldiers did not go in there with the intent to "execute" people.
This was just a typical "fog of war" situation in which a soldier, erring on the side of caution, may have made a mistake.
Something like this probably happened thousands of times in WWII.
The only reason to publicize a situation like this would be if the reporter had seen many such situations and felt there was a pattern of wrongdoing that was not being addressed by the military. That was clearly not the case, judging by the comments of Kevin Sites and every other embedded reporter. Otherwise, there was no reason to release this particular video to the world. I'm sure the cameraman took many hours of footage. Why was this one snippet deemed important enough to highlight?
The damage done (in that this now will be misinterpreted and exaggerated all over the Arab world) was not worth whatever the reporters hoped to achieve (which was what?)
I hate journalists.
I wonder if this guy's ever been shot at.
I only worry that the DOD will be swayed by the leftist political orthodoxy (Not PC, that phrase has no meaning), and will punish this marine unfairly to try to buy good press.
Where in the HELL is the justice for all who have died in the pursuit of Goodness and Decency for God's Sake?
You betcha, Hodgett - the Marine was much more incensed at Rummy's comments than he was at being shot in the face the day before.
And BTW, I thought HRW was against the death penalty?
NO PRISONERS
Rightee-o! And exactly which country's military have we broken GenevCon with??? These are neither citizens nor soldiers, just costumed impersonators from terrorist-sponsored countries like Syria, Iran and who knows where else.
I absolutely agree with you.
Oh, by the way I bought all of my appliances from Sears.
They know exactly what they do.
I anticipate this will not go to trial you ass Fidell.
As an automation engineering professional and a business owner, I will push Rockwell Automation, even Siemens (yes, I know, German), Group Schneider (Modicon, yes, I know, French), but will only specify GE's industrial products ONLY IF THE CLIENT ABSOLUTELY INSISTS ON IT!
Goebbels would have loved to have been able to place Mildred Gillars and William Joyce in the Allied press. Instead Germany had to broadcast their BS where they became known to the Allies as "Lord Haw Haw" and "Axis Sally".
I'm pretty sure all Kenmore appliances are still manufactured by Whirlpool Corp.
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