Posted on 05/30/2006 10:13:00 AM PDT by pissant
Loud and clear, brother.
But killing terrorists and Baathists is not genocide. It might not be PC in the US, but it's not genocide.
When there is a police investigation, for example, officers are routinely suspended.
The MSM making up "news" again I see. Not surprising.
The Post has been unable to get anyone from the Pentagon on the record on the investigation, using mostly anonymous sources. The one man they did get on the record on Friday was retired Brig. Gen. David H. Brahms, a long-time lawyer with the Marine Corps who has experience with these types of cases. His quote is in the third paragraph. See if you can guess why the prominent first-quote placement:
"When these investigations come out, there's going to be a firestorm," said retired Brig. Gen. David M. Brahms, formerly a top lawyer for the Marine Corps. "It will be worse than Abu Ghraib -- nobody was killed at Abu Ghraib." I have a feeling someone was lying in wait for an Abu Ghraib reference. I read the quote and was taken aback because I spoke to the same Brig. Gen. David M. Brahms about the case this week, and his sentiments were very different from those presented in the Post. Which explains why he sent me this statement yesterday:
"Recent reporting on the events in Haditha, Iraq have included significant factual errors and/or misleading statements. This includes a quote attributed to me in the Washington Post this morning that was taken completely out of context and its meaning distorted. Many facts that are favorable to the Marines involved have not yet been disclosed."
http://www.hughhewitt.com/
No. it's not a waste. AL Quaeda has the ability to obtain WMD and do great damage if we are not vigilant and on offense. But great countries/empires more often than not collapse from within. It is like a cancer, and fortunately Reagan set the table for us to defeat that cancer. Now we must do so. With the power of truth and diligence and being unafraid to stomp on their frickin toes.
right now, the case sounds to me like a "shoot first and ask questions later" approach by these Marines. they saw that taxi approaching, probably thought it was a car bomb that was part of an attack - and opened fire on it, killing 5. later, the car is shown not to have been wired. let's see what their motive was behind shooting in those apartments, where the other victims were found.
why did they falsify the report, and say the IED killed them all? they probably panicked, were fearful that the military would not accept a version of events that had them using force out of fear, when the aftermath of the event showed that no threat existed. its very easy with 20/20 hindsight to have some investigator and the media come in to say "oh, what were you guys afraid of?".
Our troops are under attack from all sides. It's outrageous. We would have lost WWII under these circumstances. It's just nauseating.
Heh
I'll start a thread for the article in a minute (I just checked and there isn't one) and ping you. I'll post the rest of the article (i.e.,beyond the requisite excerpt) down-thread.
I was not responding directly to your statements. I was responding to Murtha's.
It looks like a valid cut from an editor. The jist of the atty's defense claim remain's valid. Mentioning Murtha is irrelevant, because he's not the one making the charges.
Yes, when 80% of the press wants you to fail miserably, it makes the job so much harder. But they will not fail, and have not been failing. thank you Lord.
"I have a friend whos father was in the marines (or army) during WWII. He was one of the guys cleaning out the japanese as we island hopped our way to Japan. He actually has a detailed diary of day-to-day action."
I presume you mean http://www.polaris.net/~jrube/intro.html ?
If so, say hi to Jim Garrett from "No.6 from WarBirds" and he'll probably boggle at you :)
Yes, be sure to BOLDFACE that excerpt. Thanks
Murtha has inserted himself into this story in a HUGE way. "Cold Blooded", "murdered", Too much "stress", and on and on. If someone with inside knowledge can REFUTE those claims, that's big news.
If the shoe were on the other foot, the headline would have been: "Defense Lawyer Calls Murtha a Liar", and you know it.
Again. They are transfered, not removed for lack of confidence.
The Marines involved ought to sue all these bastards for BIG bucks!
I certainly have suggested no such thing. Now please provide some evidence. I'm really not interested in hearsay from you, Mr. Murtha or Ms. Ingraham.
I have a hard time believing that Marines killed innocents for anything. I could be wrong, but we only have a fraction of the story. If they did, Im inclined to think that the murderers killed the Marine and then hid in a civilian area and fired on the troops, hoping for collateral damage knowing a willing and compliant media will blame America...again..
Jenin seems like a timely reminder of the MSM's malfeasance. thank you
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