[Casloy]

The Australian photojournalist, Stephen Dupont, who shot the video footage that is now being splashed around the globe as 'evidence' of American atrocities, has been VERY clear that the burning of the bodies was done for hygiene purposes, and not as a deliberate atrocity.

If he had any clue about the MSM he would have known that no matter what he said, his video footage was going to be used to make american servicemen look bad. At some point there is nothing wrong with the military telling journalists, "you may not film this."

[sure_fine]

Please keep in mind that MSNBC, SBS, and other news companies have removed this video for sensitivity reasons. BKP remains a source of uncensored new information. BKP beat Drudge, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, and any other blog to this story.
Video Shows American Forces Burning Dead Taliban

More footage of the incident here.

 http://bareknucklepolitics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=97#97

[manwiththehands]

I don't care why these bodies were burned. These few soldiers should have known better, especially with a journalist roaming about. This film will be exploited by insurgents, Al Qaeda, Ted Kennedy and the MSM to make all of our soldiers look bad.

[Buffettfan]

Personally, I think they should haev filmed these soldiiers sprinkling a bag of pork rinds on these bodies while they burned just to show other terrorists what they can look forward to if they want to attack US troops.

[stockpirate]

My only regret is they were not burned after being splashed with the blood of pigs.

[dagoofyfoot]

I love the smell of burnt taliban in the morning...kinda reminds me french toast...I mean freedom toast!

[Hadean]

What enrages me is that just this morning I posted an article on a US civilian (contractor) being burned alive by a mob in Iraq. Burned ALIVE. Kids fed the flames with straw as the guy was screaming. Absolutely NO OUTRAGE here from the MSM. Zip. Nothing. Some asshat DUmmie event went so far to say "Oh well, these things happen".

[msg-84]

Wow, even Time did not try to spin it that bad!

"There simply wasn't enough room on the rocky hilltop above Gonbaz village in southern Afghanistan for the U.S. platoon and the corpses of the two Taliban fighters. The Taliban men had been killed in a firefight 24 hours earlier, and in the 90 degree heat, their bodies had become an unbearable presence, soldiers who were present have told TIME."

[Garvin]

We should not allow foreign Journalist to be embedded with American Troops. Hate plays just as well abroad in the MSM as as it does in the US.

[Spok]

Actually, I believe the Islamic custom is to booby trap the dead and leave them for the infidels (?) (humor)

[injin]

Once again the military "leadership" can't seem to deal with a situation on the battlefields of Afghanistan.

If a platoon comes across a bunch of dead Taliban or makes them dead and then burns the bodies, should that be a problem to the military commanders? Does it do damage to the American soldiers or put them at more risk to show them taunting the enemy to come out and fight.

Ok, I know, its not Marquis of Queensbury rules and all that. Mustn't take advantage when you've got them down, you know.

Somebody should tell these politically correct morons that we are fighting a war--and if they want to win that war, they better get down and dirty. The commander's job is to save as many American lives as possible while killing the enemy. The enemy knows what this war is about and if they had the power and control that we have, they would not hesitate brutally murder every American they could. Then they would desecrate the flag, insult our heritage, and spit on our religious beliefs. Then they would come over here and tell us how to live our lives, just like they did in Afghanistan for many years. So, we better win and, in the process, we better be sure that they know that if the ones who are left ever try this again, they are going to be scrubbed off the Earth.

Psychological warfare has been around as long as warfare. Julius Caesar never lost a battle because he scared the hell out of a bunch of guys who didn't scare easily. We are also fighting a bunch of guys who don't scare easily, and we trying to do it with civilized decor. They already don't like us. We are not going to win them over by being nice or trying to not step on their beliefs. If you want to stop their recruitment, fear is our best weapon. Make them know that they are going to die, and that we are going to be relentless until they do just that.

Go into the history books and study any successful military commander in history. The first thing that you will notice is that once he gained an advantage, he assaulted the enemy without quarter until they were reduced to Jell-O. If they believe they have a chance of winning--they do.

There is a big difference between being evil and being tough. We need a few generals who know the difference.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Was it believed that the bodies were infected with some biological warfare microbe? I don't understand why they weren't wrapped in 5 mil garbage bags and sent back home.