Posted on 06/28/2006 7:00:02 AM PDT by kellynla
Let's just hang those Marines accused in the Haditha incident. Get it over with. They don't need a court martial. They're guilty. The media already decided the case.
A few other Marines and soldiers are also accused of murder in Iraq. Save our tax dollars. Just hang them, too.
Forget the stresses of combat. Forget that war really is hell. Whatever you do, don't mention the atrocities committed by the terrorists or insurgents.
Those two young American soldiers tortured to death a few weeks ago? Bury that story fast. The terrorists are the good guys. We're the only torturers.
Don't close Guantanamo. Put our troops in the cells. There's no surer way to quell the media's outrage over Gitmo than freeing the terrorists held there and filling it with our soldiers. Don't worry about individual charges. Collective guilt applies.
Ignore history. Let's pretend that warfare can be waged with absolute sterility, without so much as giving the enemy a broken fingernail. War isn't about fighting. It's about making people happy.
Civilian casualties? The thousands of Iraqis slain by terrorists were legitimate targets. Iraqi civilians are only innocent victims when Americans kill them.
And avoid the true potential parallel with the Vietnam War--after we cut and ran those peace-loving Communists killed at least ten million civilians in cold blood in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
Let's all get on-message: America is the real evil empire, American troops are homicidal maniacs, and the world would be a better place if we just surrendered and let a non-partisan committee of Islamists, Chinese, Russians and Europeans run it.
Think of how much better off the world would be without us: If American-imperialist thugs had stayed out of World War II, we wouldn't have that nasty Israel problem.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Semper Fi, Kelly
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Go Ralph Peters!
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Just curious, who is doing the prosecution of these Marines?
No, we need to bury these treasonous bastards this time. We need to destroy the MSM.
Yes, we do...I keep trying to think of any ideas to further get the word out...but, I am dealing with a severe case of "lack of imagination" right now...sigh
However, I am up for anything anyone else thinks of...so far, the push for more attention for Irey seems to be working...but, we can't let up on that.
After reading the thread last night about that WEBB, running against Sen. Allen...HE is acting like a Murtha or Kerry, about this war...so, he needs to be watched, also, IMHO>
How can we help these Marines with their defense fund? They deserve anything we can do to help. Thanks.
Good article.Quote:"The United States is history's most virtuous power."That's a statement of fact.Of course we'll never hear that from the msm.After WW2 we spent billions of our own money helping to rebuild Europe and Japan.We could have easily exploited Western Europe and Japan like the USSR did in Eastern Europe.It simply gauls me when i hear euros denounce the "imperialistic Americans".
Thanks !!
the Haditha Marines have not being indicted.
the Pendleton Eight(different bunch, 7 Marines & one Corpsman) have been indicted and are subject to court martial. I predict just like Lt. Pantano that they too will be exonerated.
Once upon a time, there was a little boy who wanted to grow up to be a soldier and serve his country in whatever way he could. He would parade around the house with a saucepan on his head for a helmet, a wooden sword in one hand, and the American flag in the other. As he grew up, he'd put away the things of a child, but he never let go of the flag...
My name is William Calley
I'm a soldier of this land,
I've tried to do my duty
And to gain the upper hand;
But they've made me out a villain,
They have stamped me with a brand,
As we go marching on...
I'm just another soldier
From the shores of USA,
Forgotten on a battlefield
Ten thousand miles away
While life goes on as usual
From New York to Santa Fe,
As we go marching on...
I've seen my buddies ambushed
On the left and on the right,
And their youthful bodies riddled
By the bullets of the night;
Where all the rules are broken
And the only law is might,
As we go marching on...
While we're fighting in the jungles
They were marching in the street,
While we're dying in the rice fields
They were helping our defeat.
While we're facing VC bullets
They were sounding a retreat,
As we go marching on...
With our sweat we took the bunkers,
With our tears we took the plain,
With our blood we took the mountain
And they gave it back again.
Still, all of us are soldiers,
We're too busy to complain,
As we go marching on...
When I reach my final campground
In that land beyond the sun,
And the Great Commander asks me,
"Did you fight or did you run?
I'll stand both straight and tall,
Stripped of medals, rank, and gun,
And this is what I'll say,
"Sir, I followed all my orders,
And I did the best I could.
It's hard to judge the enemy
And hard to tell the good.
Yet, there's not a man among us
Who would not have understood.
We took the jungle village
Exactly like they said,
We responded to their rifle fire
With everything we had.
And when the smoke had cleared away
A hundred souls lay dead.
Sir, the soldier that's alive
Is the only one can fight.
There's no other way to wage a war
When the only one in sight
That you're sure is not a VC
Is you buddy on your right.
When all the wars are over
And the battle's finally won
Count me only as a soldier
Who never left his gun,
With a light to serve my country
As the only prize I've won..."
Julian Wilson & James M. Smith
Performed by C Company, Plantation Records, 1971
I see, so who is accusing them?
the Pendleton Eight(different bunch, 7 Marines & one Corpsman) have been indicted and are subject to court martial.
Who is prosecuting them?
Jack Murtha and Time Magazine.
I hope their families are diligent in suing those who have defamed their sons.
do you have a point or are you just practicing trying to irritate people.
if you have been paying the least bit of attention these past few months, the media(LAT, NYT etc.) & the Left(Murtha et al) have been accusing the Haditha Marines of "cold blooded murder) THAT IS WHO HAS BEEN "PROSECUTING" THEM.
the Pendleton Eight were incarcerated in the brig for weeks without being charged!
and if you don't know what a court marital is,
I suggest you introduce yourself to a dictionary.
I see. So they are not being accused by the Corps?
OOOPS my bad, I seemed to have stumbled onto the Dems talking points, Sorry, carry on
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