I believe the terrorists think they have the West pegged: we are frightened by beheadings. We have PC codes that rebound against us and so can be manipulated. Suicide bombers cannot be defeated because we have a culture of life and they have a culture of death that glorifies anyone dying for Islam.
FWIW, all the initial reports were that he was on a gurney and the medics were preparing to give medical assistance. Perhaps the back of his head or the side we don't see in the pics from before they cleaned him up was open. Perhaps they wrapped something around that wound. I am unsure of CPR just because we haven't seen any whole body shots and there is no way to tell the condition of his chest.
This will turn out just like the reports of a child killed: bogus. The child's presence has not been verified, either. I heard one report by an officer saying there was no child. But even if there was: these people keep children and women with them in dangerous conditions, as hostages and as servants/slaves.
I don't think those who oppose democracy in Iraq can understand how we operate. They would beat a wounded soldier, dismember him and hang the mutilated corpse from a bridge, so why wouldn't we?
I wonder if these lies will help make the terrorists more afraid of us? I hope so. I think they see our rendering of medical aid as a weakness. Better that they should have to fear pain and torture rather than the so-called martyr's death.
It's definitely bogus. And you're exactly right, they are using our good points - that we treat the wounded, for example - against us. Well, with the willing help of our very own media, that is.
They've sure got the journalists here pegged. They know they can feed them any unsubstantiated rumor and the press will run with it without question. They know the press here is so against the military, the war and President Bush, that they can spoon-feed the press anything they want and it will be published as fact.
I don't think those who oppose democracy in Iraq can understand how we operate. They would beat a wounded soldier, dismember him and hang the mutilated corpse from a bridge, so why wouldn't we?
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Excellent point!