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2006-03-21 Iraq

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-03-21 00:26|| || Front Page|| [11141 views since 2007-05-07] Top

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The MSM's been prayin for Mai Lai. They've had the story written for 3 yrs now.

Posted by macofromoc 2006-03-21 00:44|| 2006-03-21 00:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Bull Shit

the Marines were fired upon.

the throwback coward muslim terrorists hid behind skirts and kids while they fired up the Marines, so they are to blame.

its the cause and effect thingy.

Posted by RD 2006-03-21 01:57|| 2006-03-21 01:57|| Front Page Top

#3 yep looks like yet another in a long list of cases where the eneamy has choosen to intermingle and move in with innocent civilians with zero regard for those civilians safty. Not our fault if they choose to ignore that. Infact the bigger story is infact that the eneamy continues to use civilians as human shields with care as to thier safty. Imagine if coalition troops were driving around with civilians tied to thier tanks and apc's - my god there would be outrage that would make the whole world go wild with rage yet these fckers continue to do this without any fear of so called 'journalists' exposing them for what they are.

Posted by ShepUK 2006-03-21 05:52|| 2006-03-21 05:52|| Front Page Top

#4 I really, really, really would like to see the Geneva convention (or what I understand of it anyway) to be fully applied in letter and *spirit* by the USA and by western forces in general : "play fair, and you'll get fair treatment; play dirty, and then we're not bound to play fair anymore".

Thus, non uniformed irregular fighters may be summarily shot, use of forbidden weaponry and tactics means the other side can up the ante as much as he wishes, uses of civilians as human shields is forbidden and frees the other side from any responsability in his response,...

I may be gravely mistaken (my only superficial knowledge of theses conventions actually comes from RB comments), but I am under the impression than the Hague and Geneva conventions are byproducts of clear-minded times, not the tranzi excuse for the Freedom fighters(tm) to get away with anything while western forces must fight with *one hand tied behind their back* (see the numerous attacks on weaponry that uses technology to offset the numerical advantages of 3rd world armies, such as cluster bombs) that the msm and our global Enlightened Elites are selling us.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-03-21 06:07|| 2006-03-21 06:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Those clear headed times were when rules like the GC applied only to Europeans and they did whatever they wanted elsewhere. Somehow I doubt our operations in the Philippines or Latin America in the early century lived up to the GC. Nor did any European colonial order keeping.

I'd rather see us drop out of the GC. I suspect the only country that has ever even remotely complied with the GC wrt Americans is Germany. With Europe becoming Eurabia, it is unlikely any country will ever again observe GC wrt Americans.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-03-21 07:38|| 2006-03-21 07:38|| Front Page Top

#6 I may be gravely mistaken (my only superficial knowledge of theses conventions actually comes from RB comments), but I am under the impression than the Hague and Geneva conventions are byproducts of clear-minded times...

Yep, and America's government's attitude towards them has remained remarkably clear-headed while the rest of the world when foggy-brained. For example, a lot of people cite a convention the US didn't sign onto as reasons al'Qaeda are entitled to POW status -- the US didn't sign onto it because the Reagan administration realized it would just be letting terrorists off the hook.

Those clear headed times were when rules like the GC applied only to Europeans and they did whatever they wanted elsewhere. Somehow I doubt our operations in the Philippines or Latin America in the early century lived up to the GC. Nor did any European colonial order keeping.

I doubt anyone on the other side of any of those conflicts obeyed the GC -- or ever intended to.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-03-21 08:03|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-03-21 08:03|| Front Page Top

#7 One thing we must not do is treat enemies who do not follow the GC (the 'Insurgancy' and their puppet masters Iran and Al-Q) as of they do. This places our men in danger since they (the enemy) has no reason to follow the GC since we will follow it regardless.

We also should announce this policy publically - to the EU, Media, UN and directly to the face of the Iranian UN Ambassidor.

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-03-21 08:16|| 2006-03-21 08:16|| Front Page Top

#8 Let's see if we clarify things a little.

Tonight the U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad told CBS News the military is not disputing the possibility of other casualties and will cooperate with an Iraqi police investigation.

Posted by 6 2006-03-21 09:47|| 2006-03-21 09:47|| Front Page Top

#9 Can you win a war with one brain lobe tied behind your back

Posted by gromgoru 2006-03-21 09:59|| 2006-03-21 09:59|| Front Page Top

#10 Can you win a war with one brain lobe tied behind your back

No, but apparently you can be a journalist with one hand over your eyes and the other over your ears.

Posted by john">john 2006-03-21 14:08|| 2006-03-21 14:08|| Front Page Top

#11 One hand for both ears, john? That's quite some trick -- no wonder those journalists are so well respected nowadays. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2006-03-21 20:43|| 2006-03-21 20:43|| Front Page Top

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