[Proud_USA_Republican]

I remember the fake massacre of Jenin. The traitorous scum at the MSM doesn't want you to remember such events staged by the religion of peace.

[Eagles6]

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[tomzz]

We face an Islamist enemy for which no deception, no cruelty, no inhumanity is too low in battling the infidel. I have previously argued that the Jihadis (among others) were fabricating incidents pointing to American involvement in massacres of Iraqi civilians. With the Haditha story, the subject has exploded across the media in a far more disturbing fashion than anyone could have wished. But there is one element that has been all but ignored: clear evidence that the insurgency has gone one step further, to actually contriving massacres involving U.S. troops.

Like, maybe they just invented this tactic?? The whole history of the wars in the Balkans in the 90s is a series of such allegations and of the US finally bombing a totally innocent Christian nation into the stone age on account of such allegations.

[cardinal4]

If more proof is needed, consider the May 30 USA Today story in which Marine Captain Andrew Del Gaudio described coming under machine-gun fire this past April after an IED killed four of his men. As he was about to engage, he saw that the enemy had placed a line of children in front of the gun, with two video cameras ready to film them as they were shot down. Del Gaudio held his fire, and was injured by the next rounds.

Video cameras?? What more proof do we need? Find the video cams at Haditha, and this is another non story..

[SE Mom]

Interesting read ping..

[wtc911]

What happened to "wait and see"? The only ones who know the truth are those who were there. Let's hear what they have to say before we decide. The other side swears they know without evidence what the truth is, they don't...but neither do we. Let us be the adults here.

[trisham]

But there is one element that has been all but ignored: clear evidence that the insurgency has gone one step further, to actually contriving massacres involving U.S. troops.

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Ignored, willfully ignored, even by some here on Free Republic. "Supporting our troops" does not include abandoning them at the first sign of trouble.

[Jack of all Trades]

Spot on

[JimRed]

The death of human shields, while regrettable and to be avoided whenever possible, is sometimes necessary. Of course, the enemy and their cohorts (the left and the media) will spin it as murder.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

The problem with Haditha is that at least part of the chain of command submitted false reports.

[kevkrom]

Like this should surprise anyone? This is the same mentality behind the Palestinean "intifada", which sends their kids out to provoke responses from Israeli soldiers... it's been going on for decades.

[Publius6961]

This is an excellent article.
The best thing we can do here on FR to show our faith and support in our troops is to keep this thread alive and in their faces as long as possible.

Bump!

[91B]

Bah-and the MSM and Dhimmicrats (redundant, I know) give the terrorist scumbags the benefit of the doubt. We don't know what happened in Haditha, but I am willing to give American Servicemen the benefit of the doubt every time-not so our treasonous, liberal "elites".

[OrioleFan]

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[silverleaf]

religion of peace eating its young ping

[petercooper]

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[tiki]

I haven't read all the articles in this because it makes me too mad. This is an enemy who regularly blows up kids. I hope, and believe that this is all a set up and this article makes complete sense but even if, in a blind rage, marines went after those who were aiding and abetting those who killed their brother, I could turn a blind eye.

The media should be shot but in real life I haven't heard this as being in the average person's daily concerns so I don't think they are getting the outrage they want.

Don't flame me for this. I don't condone My Lai but I know a man who was there, more than once. They were dropping humanitarian supplies because the people in the village were starving. They would land in the helicoptor, offload the supplies and then when they started to fly off the people would come out and try to shoot them out of the sky as they took off. I'm not making any excuses but it isn't like the people of My Lai were innocent. The Vietnamese were famous for hiding behind children and also rigging children with "suicide bombs".

[MizSterious]

In case you folks haven't seen this...

[roaddog727]

This is what I've been saying all along.

[Steve_Seattle]

The author's theory is plausible for one basic reason: for months, the enemy's basic tactic has been to kill innocent Iraqis - THAT IS WHAT THEY DO. I believe that Saddam even had some of his own lawyers killed so as to try to discredit and delay and nullify his trial. The enemy stops at nothing, routinely violates every principle of warfare, yet our own media take the side of the insurgents and magnify beyond proportion any crime on our side. Abu Ghraib was a piddling crime compared to the suicide bombings that happen every day, yet it got 10,000 times the negative press worldwide.