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2007-07-21 Iraq

Rocketman, assistant captured during Marne Avalanche

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Posted by Fred 2007-07-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 Now I'll have that silly song running through my head for the rest of the day.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-07-21 09:12|| 2007-07-21 09:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Captured? Why are we taking any of these subhumans alive?

Posted by Parabellum 2007-07-21 10:07|| 2007-07-21 10:07|| Front Page Top

#3 I guess that's why you ain't in charge.

Posted by Pappy 2007-07-21 12:00|| 2007-07-21 12:00|| Front Page Top

#4

Consider:
If you shoot 'em, it means one less jihadi which is not a bad thing.
If you capture them, there is one less jihadi running around plus whatever information you can squeeze out of them, plus - and this is a big one - the jihahdi's pals have no idea of the exact info you have accquired. Names, plans, phone numbers, codes, etc. all possibly compromised.

Posted by SteveS 2007-07-21 12:23|| 2007-07-21 12:23|| Front Page Top

#5 Consider also
we take him alive, he lies to us, his firends pull some strings, the corrupt government official orders him released.

then we have the same number of jihadi's running around, and the government looks weak, and our guys look like a joke, and there is no real threat to prevent more jihadis joining up because they 'know' that if caught no biggie, and they will get to go back to killing the infidel after a bit of R&R.

dead jihadi's have a zero recidivism rate, and serve as a reminder and object lesson for fence sitters to say out of the infidel-killing business.

Posted by Abu do you love 2007-07-21 13:25|| 2007-07-21 13:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Think it through, though. We've captured several tens of thousands of Iraqis, including more than 10,000 during the current operation (if ITM is correct, that is). We haven't heard of ANY being released. In fact, we haven't heard at all what's going on with them. We frequently don't hear of their capture by name until several weeks after the fact. We're wrapping up a huge number of jihadis, almost daily, so someone MUST be talking, and telling the truth. There are several ways of permanently marking the human body where it doesn't show to the naked eye. I HOPE we're doing this with jihadis. Anyone caught twice should simply disappear.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-07-21 14:45|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-07-21 14:45|| Front Page Top

#7 The Imperial Japanese would have raped, beheaded or immolated all 10K detainees. That's the darkside.

I have no problem detaining marginal suspects for later release after their biometrics are collected

Posted by Super Hose 2007-07-21 14:57|| 2007-07-21 14:57|| Front Page Top

#8 This Pappy is a mess. A wimp. I'll bet he thinks nuking Japan was an act of mercy - in lue of killing them all by starvation. Weak, very, very weak.

Send money, FAN is on my hiney.

Posted by Himmler the WonderTyper 2007-07-21 17:24|| 2007-07-21 17:24|| Front Page Top

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