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On a Marine Base, Disbelief Over Charges
New York Times ^
| May 29, 2006
| Carolyn Marshall
Posted on 05/30/2006 6:00:23 AM PDT by Peach
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., May 29 In this "company town" where everything and everyone caters to the well-being of the Marine Corps, there is no shortage of people, both military and civilian, who are willing to give the benefit of the doubt to the troops accused of unjustified killings last November in Haditha, Iraq.
Relatives and neighbors gathered near the shrouded bodies of civilians said to have been killed by marines in Haditha, Iraq, in November.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/30/world/middleeast/30voices.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anamericansoldier; haditha; marines; murthawatch
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To: Peach
Thank you for your service to your country. You have strength of character that drive small men like Murtha to bitter envy.
281
posted on
05/30/2006 11:51:17 AM PDT
by
Ghengis
(Alexander was a wuss!)
To: F.J. Mitchell
Which is why we don't need the MSM any more. We have us. That was also why, when one of "us" says there is info that says it's "not good," we ought not put our heads in the sand, but gird for real battle.
282
posted on
05/30/2006 11:51:21 AM PDT
by
LS
To: Peach
Words fail me. Thank you for your service and I am sorry you had to go through that.
283
posted on
05/30/2006 11:58:06 AM PDT
by
MattinNJ
(Strahan, Osi, Arrington...someone go over to Bledsoe's house and pry him out of the fetal position.)
To: F.J. Mitchell
Where ever the enemy draws the line.That is a non-answer.
So what conduct would be permissible for our troops? Give me a simple answer.
To: BeHoldAPaleHorse
My answer is: Whether in a butt kicking contest in a bar, or in a war against people who obey no rules, and they started the fracas, you just keep hurting them much worse, every time they hurt you, until they can't handle the pain anymore.
What's so difficult to understand about that?
285
posted on
05/30/2006 12:12:54 PM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
(Dear US Senators, Reps. and Mr. President: Why are y'all abetting the destruction of our culture?)
To: LS
286
posted on
05/30/2006 12:14:31 PM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
(Dear US Senators, Reps. and Mr. President: Why are y'all abetting the destruction of our culture?)
To: Coop; ContemptofCourt
287
posted on
05/30/2006 12:20:51 PM PDT
by
AuH2ORepublican
(http://auh2orepublican.blogspot.com/)
To: F.J. Mitchell
What's so difficult to understand about that?OK, so an IED goes off on the roadside. What should the Marines do?
To: F.J. Mitchell
289
posted on
05/30/2006 12:25:11 PM PDT
by
Two-Bits
(Life Span of United States of America for which it stands - 230 years)
To: Two-Bits
290
posted on
05/30/2006 12:36:49 PM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
(Dear US Senators, Reps. and Mr. President: Why are y'all abetting the destruction of our culture?)
To: BeHoldAPaleHorse
Well, considering the unlikelihood that the terrorists planted that bomb without being seen by those in close proximity to the site,and considering this was an area known to be in bed with the terrorists and considering the explosion was followed by small arms fire aimed at our Marines, I would advise them to obey the law of survival and shoot to kill.
What would you advise them to do?
291
posted on
05/30/2006 12:48:20 PM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
(Dear US Senators, Reps. and Mr. President: Why are y'all abetting the destruction of our culture?)
To: F.J. Mitchell
Well, considering the unlikelihood that the terrorists planted that bomb without being seen by those in close proximity to the site,and considering this was an area known to be in bed with the terrorists and considering the explosion was followed by small arms fire aimed at our Marines, I would advise them to obey the law of survival and shoot to kill.Shoot at whom?
To: BeHoldAPaleHorse
At whom ever it may concern.
293
posted on
05/30/2006 12:55:28 PM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
(Dear US Senators, Reps. and Mr. President: Why are y'all abetting the destruction of our culture?)
To: F.J. Mitchell
294
posted on
05/30/2006 12:56:39 PM PDT
by
mystery-ak
(Army Wife and Army Mother.....toughest job in the military)
To: MattinNJ
Martinn -- that post was a direct quote from the Marine who actually served in Iraq and was charged with murder and later cleared. Something about the way I posted it is making freepers think that I was posting something about myself.
I'm sorry for the confusion.
295
posted on
05/30/2006 1:19:47 PM PDT
by
Peach
(If you can't stand behind our military, stand in front of them.)
To: F.J. Mitchell
At whom ever it may concern.OK, so when does the shooting stop?
To: Peach
297
posted on
05/30/2006 1:26:26 PM PDT
by
MattinNJ
(Strahan, Osi, Arrington...someone go over to Bledsoe's house and pry him out of the fetal position.)
To: MattinNJ
You aren't the first; I should have posted that different so it wasn't confusing to people.
298
posted on
05/30/2006 1:28:04 PM PDT
by
Peach
(If you can't stand behind our military, stand in front of them.)
To: sinkspur
That isn't what happened. You didn't only caution, you didn't only wonder, you didn't only fear, you didn't only speculate. You declared and insisted the Marines calculated cold blooded murder and its cover-up.
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To: I see my hands
You declared and insisted the Marines calculated cold blooded murder and its cover-up.No, I didn't.
Try again.
300
posted on
05/30/2006 2:02:13 PM PDT
by
sinkspur
( Don Cheech. Vito Corleone would like to meet you......Vito Corleone.....)
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