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http://www.nicedoggie.net/2006/?p=796#comments

Duty, Honor, Country
(in THAT order)
Rowane

Allahpundit & all, please don’t refer to such a regressive/archaic/puerile/simplistic bunch as “progressive”. Quit honoring this high-faluting term they gave themselves.

There is nothing progressive about:

- not fighting for women’s rights for millions (Middle East, Africa, parts of Asia, etc.)
- being for socialism/communism
- suppressing free speech, unless it is yours (universities, city council of LA, ACLU of late, etc.)
- being an elitist while preaching submissiveness to all others
- living the jet life, while preaching conservation to the rest of us
- and so much more…

It is all Murtha’s fault.

easy87us

Take a deep breath everybody.

What’s going on in the blogosphere now is a bit of deja vu. When the story about USMC LT Ilario Pantano first started circulating, all the conservatives bloggers rallied in his defense. UNTIL…his accuser, a fellow Marine, came forward with specific charges. You could’ve heard a pin drop in the blogosphere. Those same conservatives that had sallied forth in Pantano’s defense now were strangely silent, or even worse, mouthing platitudes like “Well, IF it’s true…” NO ONE stood by Pantano throughout the pre-court martial drudgery (except us – his loudmouth advocates), preferring instead to “wait and see”, ‘cuz damn – “if he was guilty, he’d need to fry.” (There’s that safe IF, IF, IF.) The Pantano story was dropped like a hot potato.

UNTIL…Pantano was cleared and the charges were dismissed. Ohhhh – happy day in the blogosphere again! Cries of “YAY, Pantano, we were with you all the way, buddy!” now resounded across the internet. Right. Ilario himself knows what’s what.

We have a highly unpopular view on the events in Haditha. Bottom line: we will never set ourselves up as judge, jury, and executioner of those Marines. Ne-ver. Personally, I’ll refrain from judging a man under fire. His military command will do that – they have the legal and moral right to do so, and he’s subject to it. But the rest of us are just background noise.

Point of caution: to speculate about the [unknown] actions of the Marines or to piously decry that in general the “murdering of innocents is wrong and must be condemned in the strongest possible terms” (no shit?!) sets you up as their moral superiors. And who are y’all to judge?

BirdEye on June 1, 2006 at 11:53 AM

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Really.

For the sake of blog.

Cocaine anyone?

Two investigations have been launched by the NCIS. One investigation is focusing on the killing of the civilians to determine if a crime has been committed, and if so, determine who to charge, and with what offenses. The second investigation is apparently tasked with determining if a cover-up of the incident was attempted, and if so, determine who to charge, and with what offenses.

People have varying levels of comfort in discussing this case, brought about, perhaps, by the intemperate and inflammatory remarks of “ex-Marine” John Murtha, who stepped well beyond where he should have, assigning both guilt and motive more than 60 days in advance of the release of the report of the investigation, in advance of anyone being charged, and well in advance of any trial. Murtha has forgone due process to play politics with the lives of up to a Marines, and beyond that, went on to suggest that murdering civilians was U.S. military policy and that the highest levels of the military were instrumental in a cover-up that apparently never was.

Because Murtha would not allow this investigation to proceed at a natural pace, and insisted on rushing to judgement, we now find ourselves with a story that we almost have to comment on.

But I think we can agree that there are right ways and wrong ways to cover this. Pre-supposing guilt for specific crimes as so many of the center-left blogs have done is wrong, but it is permissible and perhaps even our duty—if bloggers can be said to have a duty—to attempt to provide the context of the situation as best we can as evidence allows.

We should be very careful and try to remain objective, however, and follow what I will dub “The Anti-Nancy Law.”

Nancy Grace, that Vanderkinder on CNN, and others in the “drive-by media” immediately presupposed the guilt of the Duke Lacrosse team well before the first charges were filed, and they’ve been forced to backtrack ever since, but not before ruining the reputation of the accused.

We should try to comport ourselves with care, try to stick to the facts, and when we opine, make sure people know that we are sharing an opinion, not a fact. If we do that, there is no reason we cannot discuss this case within certain boundaries, and leaving the anti-military, anti-war left to spin this in a vacuum devoid of competing ideas, as Vinnie seems to suggest, is counterproductive for all.

Does it deserve SOME attention? Sure – but not the amount Hot Air is giving it.

Even if it turns out to be the worst you could imagine it means absolutely zip – zero – nada when it comes to the overall situation over there. There is no direct challenge to the Iraqi Government in existence – just more crazy-ass nut-jobs blowing up civilians, and we’ve seen how well that’s worked for the Jihadis in convincing people to help them establish a new Caliphate over the past… oh I dunno… half-century or so. Hasn’t done sh*t for them.

This ain’t Viet Nam with another Coherent Governmental entity threatening to replace the Democratic Government we support – it’s just more wackos who hate the world, and the world hates them.

So see Haditha through? Sure. Get your panties in a wad about it and let the fruitcakes control the talking points? No.

Cool it down!

Beer anyone?