US braced for Haditha effect

BBC ^ | June 20, 2006 | John Simpson

[Rosemont]

Baathist Broadcasting Corp

[MJY1288]

What a friggin load of Shiite

[Williams]

"A US inquiry has cleared them of blame for the deaths of civilians in Ishaqi in March - yet leading figures in the Iraqi government are unhappy, and want a wider investigation."

Should have stopped sooner, stopped reading after this. They were cleared, but let's smear them anyway.

[MJY1288]

What is your take newbie?

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Even if their was a massacre at Haditha, a few bad apples don't have to represent all Marines, or all the military, or all Americans.

Also, why is there a consistent attempt to compare the iraq war to the Vietnam War (rhetorical)? iraq seems to be stabilizing, and the Americans (and other coalition forces) seem generally in control.

[Williams]

Now that I read the last part, I would like to kick this guy's butt. That would be the best way to hit his head. The American people never blamed their soldiers as this creep says, except for a few scumbags like John Kerry and his stoned out hippie ilk.

[cpdiii]

Four hundred men of the First Marine regiment were based in this decaying rabbit-warren. Conditions were so disgusting, many just moved out.

This article from the BBC is pure Bull Sh--! Marines do not just move out

I hate those Bast---s at the BBC.

[SteveMcKing]

Most Americans are too busy worshiping celebrities, reveling in phony self-deluded identities, and watching American Idol or HBO-produced cable shows to be affected whatsoever.

[river rat]

This clown's credibility might increase if he knew that with the U.S. Marines -- Marine is always capitalized.

Semper Fi

[Williams]

Why do they compare Iraq and Vietnam? Because we won militarily in Vietnam as well, and the left destroyed Nixon and then abandoned our ally to the communists. They want to repeat that history in Iraq. They are insane and despicable and they want to see our allies slaughtered.

[smoothsailing]

I read the first seven words.

The lawyer for one of the marines..

No more needs to be read. Pathetic.

It's MARINES you BBC mindless twits.

[Billthedrill]

Just as they did in Vietnam.

Don't know why they bothered to print the rest of the article - this is the theme right here. And it's total crap.

In point of fact Haditha will have little or no effect on anything, whether this fleabag of trumped-up charges is made to resound throught the international media or not. Should the whole thing be shown to be a fake tomorrow - and that isn't at all unlikely - the BBC will bury that news as deeply as it can while it continues to the next story that makes the case that Iraq is Vietnam. And that's all that matters, not truth, but the theme.

[Bobibutu]

Unleash the Devil Dogs - let's get this Sh*t over with.

[MNJohnnie]

Fake but accurate right? Like the mythical Downing Street Memo or the Bush Guard story, or the Flush the Koran story or Fitzmus, or Secret CIA prisons etc etc etc. How many times do you all have to be lied to before you wake up to how absurd it is to still take these fools seriously?

[napscoordinator]

I hope they bring in the fact that two of our best was just slaudered by these guys. I hope when they do that this just goes away.

[smoothsailing]

BINGO! See my post#12, brother.

[Michael.SF.]

Attn: Moderator, strong language follows, delete if you wish.

I am f'n sick of this BS.

Haditha was a haven for the enemy!!

They LIE.

They would sell the souls of their children for the death of one American.

They lie

When we give them equal credibility of the USMC,We do ourselves a grave dishonor.

They LIE!!

God have mercy on the soul of Murtha and those who feed this BS, for I have none.

[burzum]

Some people believe that a massacre occurred because they *WANT* it to have happened. These are the same people who believe that the WTC was blown up by the government. There is no reasoning with these people because they only communicate through emotions (unsurprisingly, the most common emotion is hate).

[smoothsailing]

Get'r Done.