Posted on 05/26/2006 6:03:36 PM PDT by stm
WASHINGTON — Murder charges may be brought against some Marines for what may be the worst atrocity committed by U.S. military personnel in Iraq, a senior Pentagon official said Friday.
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Didn't we go through this same s**t with the NBC videotape last year..then it turned out that the supposed civilan was indeed an armed terrorist...It's war, and in war, s**t happens. The marines had to make a split second decision..what are they supposed to do..allow themselves to get shot..you can't judge these things from the comfort of a lot of time..
The MSM only finds value in reporting on soldiers when they DIE or SCREW UP.
They are DEAD FAILURES in the MSM for the use of anti-war and anti-American propagandists.
Murtha is no friend of the military. But if the reports are true, these Marines must be brought to justice. Let's wait and see what the Article 32 report shows. I'm not sure where Murtha gets all of his information, but I doubt its from official sources. The fact that the military is reporting on this in the manner they are indicates the news will likely not be good. But let's wait and see.
MSNBC will run with this 24-7.
Chris Matthews wipes his a$$ with the photos of dead troops.
Your so right.Our boy's go out to a %&*$hole country and risk there lives and they have a leftwing commie trying to have our boy's on trial for murder.Bullshit!
THESE ANTI-AMERICAN MSM PIGS ARE A DISGRACE.
your so right, thats why they laugh at us, lets hope for the best
Calm down and let's see what comes out of the Article 32 investigation. Everything including mitigating circumstances will come out. And yes, the left will have a hey day with it. Our military is the best in the world, and one reason is because it can always be counted on. But they are all taught the rules of engagement. That's as far as I will go until I see something official.
That depends on what happened. Not even Patton would overlook everything. All the details I've seen are from the papers. Let's wait and see. I want to be able to say the messengers are dead wrong. So I'll wait a while.
If the Executive will not wage a PR battle, the Congress, Judiciary and leftist press will be happy to set the agenda.
Pathetic doesn't come close to describing the campaign waged by this administration to win hearts and minds on the home front.
Imagine if your kid or spouse was killed or injured in this necessary battle for national survival and the POTUS and his fellow incomptents let a bunch of socialist trators have free reign to shape public opinion at home.
Unfu*kingbelievable.
As a Marine it breaks my heart when something like this happens. We have to wait until the process plays itself out, which will takes months (Article 32-GCM). As a Military Investigator I've seen the worst. Since I joined the Corps in 1976 hundreds of thousands have served honorably, and hundreds have given their "last full measure of devotion". Unfortunatly the MSM concentrates on the handful of murderers, rapists, child abusers and thieves that we have booted out of the Corps. Leavenworth has it's share of Marine prisoners. We will show the world that we have the moral courage to deal with this. There certainly hasn't been a "coverup", because if there was, we wouldn't be here today discussing this. Semper Fidelis.
I'm going to hold off on this. The press would just love to convict these men (and women if so) on it's own. I won't play into that.
They'll see their day in military court. I'll review what I can of it and comment then.
Until then, these service members deserve their day before their peers. If circumstances warrant, I support that.
Otherwise I'll ignore the media whores.
I won't forget the American's who have given everything for our country. I also won't forget the Murtha's of our country who are all too ready to use them for political gain, he is not fit to be a Congressman.
I invite all to support Diana Irey for Congress, she supports our military and the WOT.
http://www.irey.com/
Very well said Marine.
No one was lined up in front of a slit trench and machine gunned down. To compare this to the Mi Lai massacre only goes to show what a bunch if ignorant f***sticks these people are.
Bullcrap Fox is recycling what the New York Times is saying.
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