Marine charged with Murder

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Crappie Luck2
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posted 02-15-2005 10:59 PM
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I've been trying to keep up with this story the last couple of days listening ont he radio. I can't find a link.

A marine stopped an SUV in Iraq. In was in an area of frequent road side bombs and insurgent activity. He had the two guys in the vehicle start searching the vehicle so if there was a booby trap and bomb, they would take the hit, not his marines. They stopped searching and started to approacht eh marine. He told them repeatedly to STOP in arabic. They refused so he shot them dead.
He reported the insident to his commanding officer, was debreafed and returded to duty byt he next day. He continued to serve out the remainder of his tour (s months) until returning home and was THEN charged with pre meditated murder of the two Iraqi insurgents.

This is outrageous. But even worse it could be a sign of times to come. Then our own Military will no longer be the friend of the citizens. They will fear us and we will fear them.

Liberals are ruining this country at every turn.

CL

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Flatlander
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posted 02-15-2005 11:39 PM
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You mean cowards don't ya Crappie we went thru the same thing in Nam desk jocks making all those great decisions about the rules of engagement where we could and could not go personnally my a$$ made it up as I went along My weapon couldn't read or write and didn't know when it crossed the wrong river or border one problem you got in Iraq id the media is running the war they see too much and don't know when to shut up Just my opinion of course
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MWP_N_Cookeville
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posted 02-16-2005 08:35 AM
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Assuming he is being charged by the military, then he very likely messed up...

The media is not running this war the military is, although the media certainly takes advantage of every opportunity to give our nation and the military a black eye. Unfortunately, most of the media cases are when soldiers actually do mess up...

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posted 02-16-2005 08:38 AM
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Wildcat
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posted 02-16-2005 08:53 AM
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Bill O'Reilly on Fox has been all over this.

There was only one witness that said he saw what happen, everybody else heard the marine yell stop in arabic a couple times before they heard the shots. The so call witness has been in trouble several times with the unit.
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Crappie Luck2
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posted 02-16-2005 10:35 AM
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Your right, the media is not runnign the war. But Military Lawyers are STILL lawyers and they are filing chareges against our marines and servicemen. IMO, they are under pressure form labbyists and political powers (read democrats) to embarrase and herrass our military at every chance.

It's a discrace and a dis-service to those who have put thier lives on the line only to be shot in the back by "Friendly fire"

Sickening
CL

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Flatlander
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posted 02-16-2005 09:54 PM
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when I said the media is running this war it was tongue in cheek meaning they report the sensational side of it and not the whole story but anyone who doesn't beleive that media can have an effect on policy and actions are fooling themselves I been there when the cameras came we were supposed to be altar boys when they weren't we could do our job
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Flint&Steel
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posted 02-16-2005 10:17 PM
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www.michaelsavage.com has the full details... scroll down- you can't miss it.
My opinion? If we're gonna send our best men to fight a war in a foreign land, we'd danged well better let 'em fight it. The muslim fundamentalists aren't playing by the "rules of war" and we shouldn't be either.
This ***** -footin' around and hand-wringing is gonna take us nowhere but down.
To all those troops in harm's way- fight by their rules. We'll worry about what's right and what's wrong once we reign those lowlifes in. Then, we can live peacefully. Until then, we're gonna hafta quit worrying about "playing nice" and start worrying about WINNING. Winning means we let our troops fight- or else bring every one of them home. PERIOD!
If ya ain't got the stomach for a fight, don't get into one- no matter the rationale for getting into it. This man oughta be getting a medal... instead, his wife and young children have to worry about whether daddy will have survived a war against a lesser species just to be lynched by the people he was fighting for.

This story makes me FIGHTING MAD!!!

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