Posted on 12/06/2006 5:41:01 AM PST by RedRover
Liberals believe in "international law". On examination, this doesn't mean law created by a legislative, representive body. It means declarations by fruitbats who represent global elite opinion.
On top of that, since the days of the Nuremberg Trials, the concept of a "war crime" has been so watered down that now any act of war can be defined as a "crime".
Lastly, if Iraq is Vietnam, there needed to be a Mai Lie. This is why Chris Matthews practically jumped out of his chair with excitement when askng Murtha if Haditha was another Mai Lie (of course Murtha said it was).
So now we have a sizeable chunk of the population who believes in fake laws for crimes that weren't committed during an atrocity that never took place.
On places such as Daily Kos, DU, etc., the liberals are salivating over President Bush being dragged off to the Hague at any moment. And you can be sure that he (and Donald Rumsfeld and Condi Rice) will be harrassed with "international" subpeonas for the rest of their lives. If, as Yogi Berra might say, they live that long.
By themselves, the liberal moonbats have little power. But when the mass media represents their viewpoints, the moonbats should not be underestimated.
US military prepares Haditha murder case charges
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. military is expected to charge at least five U.S. Marines in the killing of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq, and the charges could include murder, defense officials said on Wednesday.
It was not known when the charges would come down but a Marine Corps official said it would not happen on Wednesday.
A Marine Corps general will brief members of the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee behind closed doors on Wednesday morning about the military's months-long investigation of the case.
U.S. Marines have been accused of killing unarmed Iraqis in Haditha in November 2005. It is one of a series of cases in which U.S. troops have been suspected, and some convicted, of being involved in the murder of Iraqi civilians.
Two investigations were initiated into the Haditha case -- a murder inquiry and a probe into the Marines' procedures after the killings.
Under the murder inquiry, military criminal investigators have reviewed evidence indicating Marines deliberately shot to death the Iraqi civilians, according to a Pentagon official. The investigation into the military's response found Marine officers failed to respond properly to the conflicting reports of the killings, another official said.
Defense attorneys for some of the accused Marines have said their clients followed military rules of engagement and believed they were under attack when they fired.
>Can't win a war like this.<
No. Whoever is calling the shots for the U.S. these days is definitely not on our side. When does the protest begin? And who do we protest? The enemy, even in America, does not wear a uniform. God bless and protect our Marines in this outrageous debacle!
Amen.
Amen, ma. Beautiful post.
?unintended consequences ?
Thanks for the ping.
I'm with you, Brit. I can only imagine the pain the families of the Marines are going through. They must truly feel like the world has turned against them.
Great pic with deep meaning behind it. Pershing surely was a man of God in his own way. Patton looked up to him like a son does his father.
It's not over yet.
Still praying for these men.
This is bullcrap.
What kind of a##hole is pushing this?
If we're indicting Marines, soldiers, airmen and sailors for killing civilians, let's go back to WWII, Korea and Vietnam and indict a minimum 100,000 veterans.
This is sick. Our country is sick.
Quoting Captain Willard from the supposedly anti-war film "Apocalypse Now":
"..charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding tickets in the Indy 500."
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