Gel, The fact is we do not know the full account of things. What we do know is that the insurgents in Falluja have been putting suicide belts on severely wounded fighters. Several marines have died when these wounded fighters have blown themselves up trying to take out a few of the infidel. Additionally I noticed that Al-Jazera has broadcast an edited verison of that tape. It was edited in such a way to inflame their audience.
Its unfortunate that it happened, but such does happen. Given the pressures that these marines are under, I'm surprised that a lot more of this sort of incident has not happened. It speaks very well of their training and professionalism. The other side, the insurgents are much worse. Their track record includes torturing and killing prisoners by beheading. yesterday for instance a group broke into a Bagdad hospital and kidnapped a wounded Iraqi soldier. His mutilated corpse was found several hours later. According to the news reports I read, he underwent several hours of fairly brutal torture. the insurgent who was shot was no innocent. In all likelihood had the positions been reversed he would have done the same to that marine, but only after torturing him. I think that the marine who did that should be investigated and charged for violating military codes of conduct. But I can understand why it happened. larry On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:09:10 -0400, Angel Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mm hmm. > So from all the responses so far. > > 1) These are American soldiers fighting bad people > 2) War sucks, deal with it > 3) We've never walked in the shoes of those soldiers, so we don't know. > 4) They had it coming. > > And of course perhaps the one I could most agree with (which brings back on > the d�j� vu) > > 5) We don't have all the facts, and it's pending investigation. > > Interesting responses. > Me? I couldn't care less about an isolated incident. > The report said that another group of marines tended to the wounded men in > the first place. > > But I do find the responses interesting, and I wonder if the soldiers wore > different colors whether things would be the same. > > -Gel > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136458 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
