Let him correct you if you are wrong

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Let him correct you if you are wrong

FrankC — 11/16/2004 5:34:39 PM (archived)

His military references have ranged from implication that he was a POW to hints that he was never near a battlefield.

Either way he has a right to be heard and I have a right to be disgusted by his portrayal of the wounded insurgent as a Iraqi patriot, in spite of the possibility that he may have participated in the torture and beheading of captives.

The reaction to this incident says it all about us. Bad things happen in war and we are willing to allow those things to be reported and prosecute the guilty.

I have zero sympathy for the insurgent and total sympathy for the Marine that had been seeing his buddies killed and wounded by fanatics for 3-4 days. If there are no extenuating circumstances he will of necessity become another victim, because we give a shit.

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Here's one for the pious, naive stay-at-home chickenhawks. - Bowser - 11/16/2004 5:10:24 AM
- re: hey Bowser, on a related note, Did you see the kill ratios for the Battle of Falluja? - Scott Evil - 11/16/2004 10:57:51 PM
- You have to understand the language used....... - Publius - 11/16/2004 9:33:37 PM
  - "one man's terrorist, is another man's freedom fighter." A blatant lie. - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2004 11:43:19 PM
    - Now you are quoting Likud's Johnathan Foundation - Publius - 11/17/2004 2:18:51 AM
      - So make a list. - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2004 2:50:26 AM
        
        How did you develop this preoccupation with obsfucation? - Publius - 11/17/2004 3:54:26 PM
        
        re: obsfucation? - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2004 6:58:38 PM
- So now your defending terrorists. - Lee - 11/16/2004 8:43:36 PM
  - Where Have You Been? - Mark Eby - 11/17/2004 4:25:13 AM
- And one more point of view... - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2004 5:30:54 PM
  - I see, Kerry did it first mommy? - Davin L. - 11/16/2004 6:28:36 PM
    - Don't ask me. It was in his own damn biography. - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2004 7:11:49 PM
      - Again I ask you - Davin L. - 11/16/2004 9:15:20 PM
        
        The Press and just about everyone else gave Kerry a pass... - Larry J - 11/16/2004 11:11:24 PM
        
        And again: so what? Even if true, what does this have to do with this? - Davin L. - 11/17/2004 3:28:48 PM
        
        It shows a blatant double standard (AKA hypocricy) - Larry J - 11/17/2004 6:02:18 PM
        
        No, it shows that you are manufacturing a strawman you don't actually believe in to somehow try to avoid this incident (AKA base _HYPOCRISY_) - Davin L. - 11/17/2004 7:39:29 PM
- re: Here's one for the pious, naive stay-at-home chickenhawks. - LJ - 11/16/2004 5:09:12 PM
  - That's the point. This type of stuff is unavoidable in war. - Bowser - 11/16/2004 6:52:44 PM
  - Let him correct you if you are wrong - FrankC - 11/16/2004 5:34:39 PM
    - re: Let him correct you if you are wrong - LJ - 11/16/2004 5:50:31 PM
      - Did he deserve death? - FrankC - 11/16/2004 6:25:52 PM
        
        He was an enemy combatant, so yes he did. - Lee - 11/16/2004 8:38:24 PM
        
        IT WAS A WAR CRIME, YOU MORON!!! - R.L. - 11/16/2004 8:48:53 PM
        
        Terrorists are NOT "protected persons" according to the Geneva Conventions. - David F Mayer - 11/16/2004 9:56:27 PM
        
        Your obsession with race tells much about you. - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 9:23:55 PM
        
        Its his obsession, if you actually read the posts you would know that (n/t) - R.L. - 11/16/2004 9:35:40 PM
        
        No, it was an act of war. - Lee - 11/16/2004 8:54:23 PM
        
        BY DEFINITION KILLING UNARMED WOUNDED IS A WAR CRIME! - R.L. - 11/16/2004 9:01:12 PM
        
        Looked like an AK-47 beside him to me. - Lee - 11/17/2004 12:42:04 AM
        
        That is Bull - R.L. - 11/17/2004 2:40:48 AM
        
        That makes no sense. - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2004 1:51:25 AM
        
        The weapon was from another picture. My mistake. - Lee - 11/17/2004 6:17:20 AM
        
        Terrorists are not "protected persons" by international law. They have no rights whatsoever. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 11/16/2004 9:57:25 PM
        
        I would suggest that in this topic you are contributing much less. - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 9:25:41 PM
        
        Poor chice of words - R.L. - 11/16/2004 7:43:32 PM
        
        re: Did he deserve death? - LJ - 11/16/2004 7:00:25 PM
  - No, Bowser confessed to lying about serving. He has not served at all. (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 5:17:29 PM
    - Ed, as usual, is lying and wrong, but slanderous. And he makes things up. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/16/2004 6:49:07 PM
      - So now you did serve? Make up your mind. Truth is not slander. - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 7:13:21 PM
        
        Hey, I served and.... - Publius - 11/16/2004 10:09:29 PM
        
        Colin Powell was one of those in charge of Desert Storm - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2004 1:56:01 AM
        
        Obviously - Publius - 11/17/2004 2:23:14 AM
        
        You were comparing Powell's outlook to that of Bush and the others. - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2004 2:59:12 AM
        
        Got proof he didn't? Grow up ed. (n/t) - Tony - 11/16/2004 7:27:25 PM
        
        Prove it: how? why? (n/t) - alcaray - 11/16/2004 7:27:05 PM
        
        Because he moves in and out of being a vet as it is convenient for him. - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 8:09:55 PM
        
        nelson, I didn't say that then. I'd remember the lie. - Bowser - 11/17/2004 1:29:15 AM
  - Bowser, being anonymous, can be anyone he wants to be. - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2004 5:16:33 PM
- From the milblogs: - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2004 4:49:22 PM
- re: My first reaction was that this is a murder... - Scott Evil - 11/16/2004 4:01:35 PM
  - Combat stress - Lindy - 11/16/2004 4:22:52 PM
  - If I am in a fire fight, and an enemy is pretending to be dead, I will make sure he is not faking it. - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 4:08:26 PM
    - re: If I am in a fire fight, and an enemy is pretending to be dead, I will make sure he is not faking it. - Scott Evil - 11/16/2004 4:18:15 PM
      - The NBC reporter's story is falling apart. - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 4:27:19 PM
        
        Go to Reuters, watch the video - Davin L. - 11/16/2004 6:23:12 PM
        
        The excerpt they show, without the context. - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 7:17:38 PM
        
        I think you are nutty - alcaray - 11/16/2004 7:35:35 PM
        
        My track record is pretty good - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 9:29:14 PM
        
        consistent, anyway. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/16/2004 10:06:53 PM
        
        Ed, The person was laying still and unsresponsive, the person was shot at point blank range and flopped around, As the camera panned around, a bloody-splatter can be seen on the wall - Davin L. - 11/16/2004 9:55:06 PM
        
        If the soldier on the scene had reason to beleive that the terrorist onthe ground could pose a threat, he did exactly the right thing. - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 10:13:15 PM
        
        Ed, you are a nut. You are your own refutation. Only idiots and other nuts agree with you. (n/t) - Davin L. - 11/17/2004 3:30:01 PM
    - Idea of the Week: from now on, all dead and wounded enemy are going to be checked first by embedded reporters. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2004 4:15:56 PM
      - Or howabout just not shot point blank in the head while not giving any resistance? That sounds like a really good one? (n/t) - Davin L. - 11/16/2004 9:57:40 PM
      - re: That's a good one. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 11/16/2004 4:19:24 PM
- Here is one for naive, reactionary, anti-Americans pretending to be patriots. - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 3:21:05 PM
  - My my. - Tony - 11/16/2004 7:26:29 PM
    - re: My my. - gbaikie - 11/16/2004 8:57:48 PM
    - For the record... - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2004 7:53:38 PM
      - re: I'll defend Kerry's action. - Scott Evil - 11/16/2004 10:53:31 PM
      - P.S. Feel free to ctiticize Ed as well as Bowser. - Tony - 11/16/2004 8:09:37 PM
      - "This kid has been tried and hung in the media. " - Tony - 11/16/2004 8:08:27 PM
    - That qualifies as a Slam-dunk.... (n/t) - R.L. - 11/16/2004 7:40:20 PM
- They are just getting back what they are giving. - David F Mayer - 11/16/2004 8:29:55 AM
  - Contempt for military rules of conduct, too. And Geneva, and ... - alcaray - 11/16/2004 7:49:34 PM
  - Is Bpowser calling you a chickenhawk? Or did you yourself spend time in uniform? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 11/16/2004 2:39:32 PM
- Bet you thought you were going to turn blue holding your breath for the next American atrocity. - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2004 6:48:09 AM
  - You expect Bowser to comment on terrorists killing Americans? - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 7:22:29 PM
  - Listen, chickenhawk, armchair warmonger, bloodthirsty girly-without-the-man, one doesn't have to wait. - Bowser - 11/16/2004 6:54:58 PM

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