Progressive Minds

Blogging live, from somewhere in the reality-based community. Speaking truth to power. You've entered the real "no spin zone." Republicans beware!

2006/5/26

Winning the Hearts & Minds

@ 07:10 PM (42 months, 17 days ago)

This is surely going to win the hearts and minds of Iraqi citizens....NOT!

United States Marines apparently committed unprovoked murder last November, when they killed approximately 24 innocent Iraqi civilians.

That's the conclusion that investigators have come to in their ongoing investigation of the matter, a Pentagon source has said.  And murder charges could soon be coming against the Marines involved.

What's more, the Marine Corps originally blamed the civilian killings on a roadside bomb (read: they blamed the deaths on insurgents). But investigators are reviewing photographs in the case, and say the photographs are inconsistent with how the Marines first said the civilians were killed.

I've asked this question before, but it bears repeating: how is it that we have murdered the very same people we claimed to have wanted to liberate?

At least according to the Bush Crime Team, I thought we went into Iraq to liberate them from a brutal dicatator.  Did we somehow reach the conclusion that the only way to liberate them was to kill them ourselves? 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Sadaam Hussein on trial for murdering Iraqi citizens? 

And we wonder why we haven't won the hearts and minds yet! 

Pentagon sources: Civilians likely killed without provocation

Photos from scene said to be 'inconsistent' with Marine account

Official: Marines could be charged with murder

Pentagon has no comment on case involving alleged Iraqi civilian killings

 

Comment(s) »

  1. looks like you have something in common with some people

    Comment by — 2006/05/26 @ 08:49 PM — (Reply)

  2. And what is your point?

    I see you are too coward to discuss the actual story at hand: our marines committed unprovoked murder against innocent Iraqis.

    And I see you can't answer the question I posed: how is it that we started murdering the very people we said we wanted to liberate?

    Comment by SMillard— 2006/05/26 @ 08:51 PM — (Reply)

  3. This is a stupid article. You do not deserve the priveleges we have in American. Friend, freedom is not free. You must have your head in the sand. Radical Islam is trying to conquer the world. Do you think that you would have the freedoms you now enjoy if you were living under Muslim laws?

    Comment by Darrel— 2007/07/27 @ 06:21 PM — (Reply)

  4. I believe the afore mentioned article was and still is all about this roadside bomb making facility and the terrorists were and still are once again hidding behind innocent women, old men, and children as a ploy to by your very own sympathies in the matter. and it looks like you fell for thier ploy...hook...line...and sinker...hahahahaaaaaaaaaaa you look silly with crap on your face ...hahahahaaaaaaaaaa

    Comment by aza spade— 2007/07/28 @ 02:13 PM — (Reply)

» Leave a comment


:mrgreen: :neutral: :twisted: :arrow: :shock: :smile: :???: :cool: :evil: :grin: :idea: :oops: :razz: :roll: :wink: :cry: :eek: :lol: :mad: :sad: :!: :?:

Preview:

You say:

To prevent spam, please type in the exact word you see in this image: CAPTCHA
To refresh the image, click here. Otherwise, contact us.

  • Your E-mail address is never displayed. If you enter it, it will only be visible to the blog author
  • Since there already are comments to this post, your eventual comment might trigger a notification e-mail to the persons that commented before you.
  • The line and paragraph breaks automatically