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Put Away the Broad Brushes
davidlimbaugh.com ^ | 06/05/06 | david limbaugh

Posted on 06/05/2006 6:14:29 PM PDT by lancer256

Where are O.J. Simpson's and Bill Clinton's defenders to complain about the "rush to judgment" concerning the alleged Marine atrocities in Haditha? Why are their sympathies free flowing for criminal defendants, but nowhere to be seen when military personnel are accused of wrongdoing?

What has been reported about the Haditha tragedy is that a terrorist improvised explosive device (IED) blew a Marine in half, literally, and wounded several others. Afterward, our soldiers responded to the attack, killing 24 men, women and children.

We don't know for sure yet if the killings were indiscriminate or even if those killed were victims, as opposed to being armed, hostile and threatening to our soldiers.

We do have reports that Haditha is a terrorist hotbed -- referred to by some as a miniature Taliban-like state -- in which the terrorists rule with an iron fist and perform daily executions of those not sufficiently obedient to their rule, or Sharia law, or who knows what else. We are told that Haditha citizens live in fear and may prefer to cooperate with the terrorists purely for self-preservation.

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1 posted on 06/05/2006 6:14:31 PM PDT by lancer256
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To: lancer256
I understand that the military estimates of the number injured and killed is not as many as was reported. Certainly not 24, and were they women and children, or were they terrorists?

Nor can it be said that any of our nation's best killed in "cold blood" as Congressman Murtha has said. Here is what one soldier has to say on the subject: "The idea of law and the heat of battle is somewhat laughable. Comfortable and safe men may make rules they think others fighting for their lives should have as their number one priority while in battle, however, these battle field lawyers and armchair generals more often than not are just putting American forces in greater mortal danger."
2 posted on 06/05/2006 6:31:12 PM PDT by street_lawyer (Conservative Defender of the Faith)
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To: street_lawyer

"and were they women and children, or were they terrorists?"

Why the deferential treatment for women? Can't they be terrorists too?


3 posted on 06/05/2006 10:16:26 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
My point exactly. Women and children are terrorists, bu then you already know that just as anyone would if they watch TV.
4 posted on 06/07/2006 10:41:54 AM PDT by street_lawyer (Conservative Defender of the Faith)
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