Stench Prompted U.S. Troops to Burn Corpses

Time Online ^ | 10-22-2005 | Time

[oxcart]

After reading this thread I have a few questions...isn't it kind of hard to bury a body in solid rock? Why did our troops not use the super secret rock dissolver that Karl Rove had invented along with the hurricane maker? That way our troops could have buried the poor Taliban terrorists in the ground. /sarcasm off.

IMHO I think the should make this standard practice to scare the crap out of the Islamo idiots.

GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!!!!!!!!

[marty60]

Oh palleeeze save me the holier than thou crap. After 9-11 the Islamofascist deserve every "insensitive" thing we can think of.

[rogator]

I disagree.
The presence of this carrion was a threat to the health and safety of his men. Cremation under these circumstances is not desecration.
The solution to these kind of problems is to keep reporters out of combat zones or censor their reports as in WWII.

[RochesterFan]

Lt. Nelson made a good, albeit, umpopular decision. He should be promoted, not forced out. Burning rotting corpses is accepted sanitary procedure - and probably benefited the villagers as well. The pentagon spokesman should focus on that.

That said, I think it is time to declare victory and bring our troops home.

[Virginia Queen]

Where was the "World's Outrage" when dead American's were beaten, mutilated and then hung from a bridge and set on fire????????
I don't know about the rest of you, but I believe this officer. The fact that they then used the burning to taunt the enemy was a good tactical move.
It annoys be that these barbarians we are fighting get away with doing the most horrible of things, and then turn around and cry like little girls if someone dares to retaliate - no matter how meek the retaliation might be.
BARF! BARF! This is war. A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.

[RobbyS]

You means that Musloims also desecrate bodies?

[The Cuban]

Yea I was knada outraged when 3000 of my countrymen were burned in their workplace by these subhuman scum. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO STOP GIVING A SH**T ABOUT OFFENDING THESE SUBHUMAN SAVAGES???????????

[an amused spectator]

I know everyone seems to disagree with this view, but it's not what American soldiers should be doing.

When was the last time you hung out with several hundred pounds of rotting meat in 90 degree heat? ;-)

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

had the gruesome act not been recorded on film by an Australian photojournalist

NOTE TO SELF:
Next time, shoot photojournalist BEFORE starting fire!

Regards,
GtG

[CheneyChick]

I guess I forgot the sarcasm tag on my previous post...

[Texas Mom]

"Remember the celebrations when the contractors where murdered in Fallujah and hung on the bridge and set on fire? Sorry, no sympathy here."

Some people may not remember because our media chose not to show it over and over again, as it has these.

Also wonder where the pictures of the be-headings are? They stopped showing the pictures of the planes flying into the WTC but they will show these over and over and over.

I have wondered who's side the media is on in this war. Don't think I need to wonder anymore. It's rather obvious.

[Eagle Eye]

The reaction of our government to this is cowardly.

Who really gives a damn if some or even all Muslims are offended by this?

I think that the 911 WTC attacks and multiple beheadings are offensive and justify Abu Gharab, burining bodies, and pork bbq sandwich deliveries to all mosques in the US.

[Eagle Eye]

I know a guy who participated in the body recovery. He said it was one of the worse things he's ever seen.

[.cnI redruM]

How about sanitation? If bubonic plague were to ravish Afghanistan, it would be 1,2,3,....

ALL BUSH"S FAULT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lardog]

I posted this question on a thread last night. Did these
stinking dead burnt bodies have their heads attached? If
so then they got off easier than some of our folks. F**K
those ragheads.

[DTogo]

Yet another reason that REALLY pisses me off about the Bush Administration:

Syria and Iran shovel equipment, money and Jihadists into Iraq to kill our soldiers and undermine our efforts, yet all the Administration does is flap its jaws.

But if our troops have a minor screw-up they get shafted.

Bush is more interested in holding hands with terrorist-abetting Saudi Princes and inviting Jew-hating Abbas to the White House than he is in defending our soldiers in a time of (undeclared) War.

Unacceptable!!

[Eagle Eye]

Burning corpses and mutilating bodies aren't quite the same.

Taking souvenir ears, fingers, etc hurts the living takers more than the dead. Young men whose leaders allow them to pose corpses, mutilate them, chase each other with the parts, etc end up getting a bit metally twisted.

[Eagle Eye]

I don't have any sympathy for taliban and jihadists either.

[Paul_Denton]

Yet another reason that REALLY pisses me off about the Bush Administration: Syria and Iran shovel equipment, money and Jihadists into Iraq to kill our soldiers and undermine our efforts, yet all the Administration does is flap its jaws. But if our troops have a minor screw-up they get shafted. Bush is more interested in holding hands with terrorist-abetting Saudi Princes and inviting Jew-hating Abbas to the White House than he is in defending our soldiers in a time of (undeclared) War. Unacceptable!!

Not only that. It is SICKENING that this administration is kissing up to the Palestinian scum like Abbas and bullying Israel.