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To: houstonman58
Wasn't it this very alleged 'incident' that prompted Jorge Bush to, (almost immediately), order General Pace to institute a PC training course for the Marines regarding the rights, culture and feeeeelings of the locals

There's a lot of frustration with President Bush and a lot of questions unanswered right now, but unless you can cite something substantial to support that claim, you're spreading urban legends.

FWIW, it has been reported that the Marines had been using Haditha as a "what not to do" in some of their training before any of the Article 32s were done, but no indication from any source that I know of that President Bush personally ordered it.

33 posted on 04/03/2008 7:53:26 AM PDT by 4woodenboats (defendourtroops.org defendourmarines.org)
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To: 4woodenboats
"There's a lot of frustration with President Bush and a lot of questions unanswered right now, but unless you can cite something substantial to support that claim, you're spreading urban legends."

Actually President Bush did order it, (PC training for the Marines, and for the entire U.S. forces), and he did it immediately after the Haditha allegations. Here's a couple quotes from news sources on
June 1, 2006
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"As military professionals, it is important that we take time to reflect on the values that separate us from our enemies," Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the No. 2 U.S. general in Iraq, said in a statement. "The challenge for us is to make sure the actions of a few do not tarnish the good work of the many." -
June 1, 2006

"Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, spokesman for the Multinational Force-Iraq, told a Baghdad news briefing that the training was designed to reinforce what troops learned before coming to Iraq. It will focus on "values and looking at the legal, moral and ethical standards that every one of us in uniform here, as guests of the Iraqi government, need to adhere to," he said. ---
"The coalition does not and will not tolerate any unethical or criminal behavior. All allegations of such activity will be fully investigated," he said" - June 1, 2006
.

It's so nauseatingly clear that our guys were railroaded by their own leaders, all the way to Bush, from the get-go. If you believe that the timing of Bush's order's for this special PC training just happened to be a "coincidence" with Haditha, then that's your right. But as for me, I think I understand why he did it ......... to appease the condemnations by al-Maliki, and to save face for himself with world opinion.

65 posted on 04/04/2008 7:34:46 AM PDT by houstonman58 ("When the Son of Man returns, will there be any faith left on earth, think ye"?)
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