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We will probably know some info in the summer, and more in the Fall. Right now, it doesn't look good.

Do you seriously believe that Marines picked out innocent people to massacre in a town that was a hotbed of terrorist activity that even required bombing from above?

Hollywood and the John Kerry types have done an amazing brainwashing job on some people. Even when common sense should show otherwise, some people will just assume it must be a massacre because they have been conditioned to leap to the most negative assumption.

I don't think it will work on the majority of the public. It might have a few years ago but I think most people have left that mentality behind and most Americans have felt frustrated enough by the situation our men face there, with criminals setting mines and blending into the population, that they will sympathize with these Marines.

Do you seriously believe that Marines picked out innocent people to massacre in a town that was a hotbed of terrorist activity that even required bombing from above?

I haven't believed it all along.

There's a chance I'll be wrong and have to eat crow, but if that's the case, I'll do it.

I'll wait to hear the details come out. But I'm not going to fall into a Murtha-led media trap on this.

Do you seriously believe that Marines picked out innocent people to massacre

No, but they could have shot first and checked later... we will need to wait and find out. A number of people in the DoD are leaking info this early for a reason, and normally that reason is to get the bad news out early. But we need to wait and see.

Do you seriously believe that Marines picked out innocent people to massacre in a town that was a hotbed of terrorist activity that even required bombing from above?

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In a land where 12 year olds strap bombs to their body to blow up innocent civilians ,and die for allah I refuse to believe the "innocent women and children" mantra. The press is more sympathetic to the "insurgents" and radical islam than to the USMC.

Those who died in the aftermath of this clash did so with just cause as part of a battle. What bothers me greatly is the right wing blogosphere's condemnation and conviction of these marines based on "leaked" information from the investigation. Another disgusting aspect of this "investigation" is the marine and U.S. Gov't actions of non support for these soldiers. The military is very capable of making these marines a scapegoat at a low level of command operation, to deflect criticism from marine command and government higher up[s. In other words, they are willing to cut their losses at portraying this as some stressed out rogue marines overreacting than they would want the corps to stand up and say, "war is hell" and this is an enemy we are fighting and our troops will shoot first when necessary to defeat the enemy.

This whole response absolutely sucks and further illustrates the folly of fighting a politically correct war in order to win the public relations "battle". Its why the enemy laughs at us and has no respect or fear of America's military.