Jittery U.S. Soldiers Kill 6 Iraqis

Yahoo ^ | Aug 10th 2003 | SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI

[CanadianFella]

Morale among troops is already low. You alienate the natives and you've got yourself another Vietnam.

[King Prout]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The night air hung like a hot wet blanket over the north Baghdad suburb of Slaykh. At 9 p.m., an electrical transformer blew up, plunging the neighborhood into darkness.

Miss Sheherezade seems to have gone to the Bulwer-Lytton School of Prose

[Palladin]

Can we say "Propaganda?"

[prairiebreeze]

There is a whole lot of commentary and description of this "incident" from the Iraqi perspective. And hardly more than one sentence from the American side.

Sense any agenda here?

Prairie

[Terriergal]

Morale among troops is already low. You alienate the natives and you've got yourself another Vietnam.

So let's help lower it some more by blaming them huh?

People that use women and children to deliver ordnance should expect accidents to happen.

[CanadianFella]

Sense any agenda here?

Agenda or no, six Iraqis are still dead, and the natives are restless.

[Consort]

The night air hung like a hot wet blanket...

It was a sultry and humid night....

[Terriergal]

The natives will be restless until the Soldiers aren't restless anymore. At some point the natives have to start standing up against those among their own that are ENDANGERING THEM.

[cyborg]

You got that right. Jitters is no excuse for blowing innocent people away. You signed up for the military, take military lumps. What would these jittery soldiers do in WW2 or a Vietnamese POW tiger cage? Sheesh...

[MEG33]

How is this Viet Nam?You sound like Chris Matthews on Hardball.

[MEG33]

The writer is not without bias.

[prairiebreeze]

And without hearing the Centcom's side of the story, I for one, won't rush to judgement that the coalition acted irresponsibly. The slant that AP gives this story is too convenient for my palate. Better to wait for all the details to come out....

Prairie

[Numbers Guy]

Can we say Vietnam? This will be Bush's downfall.

You know, my former boss is working in Iraq right now. I asked him about the Vietnam comparisons. He said it was "the stupidest [bleeping] thing I've ever heard. The only thing in common with Vietnam is that the thugs who want power are trying to kill American troops. They have no safe haven, they have no superpower support, they have no support from the population at large, they're nothing like the Cong and nothing like the NVA".

Oh, and this guy was wounded at Khe Sanh. He wasn't just shooting from the hip, he has had plenty of experience in both situations.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

BS, BS, BS. The Iraqi's know the rules of engagement better than the soldiers. You don't keep approaching a checkpoint when told to stop.

If you think otherwise, try it at the WH, Pentagon, a airport during an alert, your neighborhood cop manning a checkpoint during a all points bulletin for a murdering perp.

[BrooklynGOP]

you were saying?

[LasVegasMac]

and the natives are restless

How do you think our troops feel?

Calm - ? Yes, what happened was tragic.

As long as the natives are "restless", this will continue.

LVM

[BOBTHENAILER]

Great response.

[Terriergal]

Can we say Vietnam? This will be Bush's downfall.

So, Bush was there pulling the trigger?

[Ditter]

"It was a dark & stormy night" Oops, what was I thinking..... this is a news report.