Shit happens. It was the 60's. Its ancient history. Kerry didn't get caught in the act, so the true circumstances of his situation are unknown: It's the fog of war and in that case it is a valid defense that raises a reasonable doubt.
Unfortunatly, for the Marine in this case there is a videotape of the episode in question. Fog of war (reasonable doubt) is thus less of a defense. Personally, I think he may have overreacted to the situation from what I have seen of the video, but I wasn't there so despite my desire to immediatly support the Marine in question, which conflicts directly with my gut assessment of the situation, all I can do under the circumstances is hold out final judgement. I seriously fear that an otherwise good Marine might have got caught-up in a really bad moment, and because that moment involved the complete finality of death, it can't be taken back.
It is now in the hands of the military justice system, as it should be.
Scott Evil
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re: I'll defend Kerry's action.
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- Here's one for the pious, naive stay-at-home chickenhawks.
- re: hey Bowser, on a related note, Did you see the kill ratios for the Battle of Falluja?
- You have to understand the language used.......
- So now your defending terrorists.
- And one more point of view...
- re: Here's one for the pious, naive stay-at-home chickenhawks.
- That's the point. This type of stuff is unavoidable in war.
- Let him correct you if you are wrong
- re: Let him correct you if you are wrong
- Did he deserve death?
- He was an enemy combatant, so yes he did.
- Poor chice of words
- re: Did he deserve death?
- Did he deserve death?
- re: Let him correct you if you are wrong
- No, Bowser confessed to lying about serving. He has not served at all. (n/t)
- Bowser, being anonymous, can be anyone he wants to be.
- From the milblogs:
- re: My first reaction was that this is a murder...
- Combat stress
- If I am in a fire fight, and an enemy is pretending to be dead, I will make sure he is not faking it.
- 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.
- The NBC reporter's story is falling apart.
- Go to Reuters, watch the video
- The excerpt they show, without the context.
- Go to Reuters, watch the video
- The NBC reporter's story is falling apart.
- Idea of the Week: from now on, all dead and wounded enemy are going to be checked first by embedded reporters. (n/t)
- 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.
- Here is one for naive, reactionary, anti-Americans pretending to be patriots.
- They are just getting back what they are giving.
- Bet you thought you were going to turn blue holding your breath for the next American atrocity.