The Nation pronounces the Marines guilty
posted at 7:58 pm on June 1, 2006 by Allahpundit
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“[W]illful, targeted brutality,” Murtha was right, everything comes back to Bush, a “moral catastrophe,” a “climate of impunity” — it’s all there, predictable down to the molecular level.
Imagine what they’d say if they didn’t support the troops.
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I pronounce THIS GUY guilty!
NTWR on June 1, 2006 at 8:04 PM
trial by mainstream liberal media. tried and convicted in the court of liberal opinion.
i was having a conversation with an ex army ranger the other day - retired as a major - we both agreed that there is no way to support the troops without supporting the mission. Also, he made a valid point when I asked him about WHY we haven’t won this war yet. He said that the U.S. military has the resourses to end it, but lacks the political will to do so.
How in the world can we win this war on terror as long as the msm continues to show our military as “murderers and occupiers?” We have the resourses to win. get the msm and the politicians out of it and let the military do its job.
pullingmyhairout on June 1, 2006 at 8:19 PM
“Murthra” [sic] has placed his party over his country.
dman on June 1, 2006 at 8:21 PM
Events like these which cannot be avoided under battle conditions should really improve troop morale. i.e. you accidently kill a civilian, you face a murder charge. The Iraq war has become p.c. which means it’s time for us to leave.
docdave on June 1, 2006 at 8:22 PM
Murtha is a MINO—Strike that, he is an EX-MINO, (Marine in name only or Ex-Marine in name only) This is the classic “Pig in clothes” or as some others might say a “Pig in spats”. I served my time as a mess Sgt in the 108 AC&W NYANG and I can tell you this, this jerk would not have made one day with us. Never in my lifetime have I witnesed or have had to endured pathetic drivill this crap head has come up with. I do not recall any medals being pinned on any of our guys but I can tell you this, if there were any to be pinned they deserved them one hell of a lot more than this PIG!!!!!!!!!
NEMETI IN SYRACUSE on June 1, 2006 at 8:38 PM
I’m with docdave, Iraq is a lost cause. We should get the hell outta there before more of our troops get killed.
speed647 on June 1, 2006 at 8:44 PM
BLAH! BLAH! BLAH! We came, we saw, we whipped ass.
Trying to tar and feather the entire military based on the alleged misdeeds of a tiny handful of soldiers is too little, too late. I’d give both my legs to see these dipshits just once - JUST ONCE - be as concerned about violent crime in my own Goddam neighborhood.
Just another load of hot air (pardon the pun) from a bunch of mad, desperate libs who are desperate as hell to claw out anything resembling a victory in ‘06.
If anything they’re mad as hell that Afghanistan and Iraq are now Democracies - because that means it blows the moral paradigm they built around Viet Nam COMPLETELY THE F*CK OUT OF THE WATER and now the spineless bastards can’t look at themselves in the mirror or sleep well at night.
FOOK YOO TEH NATION!!
venmax on June 1, 2006 at 8:46 PM
I support our troops. NO GUILTY!…until they fully convinced me with our bullets dug out form the bodies, NOT GUILTY! No bullet, not guilty! I am waiting for video taken from the remote piloted planes. If there was one terrorist ran into the house…NOt GUILTY!
I am die hard and I am standing behind our troops.
Easy87us
easy87us on June 1, 2006 at 9:58 PM
Remember, Rep. Murtha was a Marine Pilot in Vietnam. I wonder how many metals he won for burning women and children with naphalm? He wasn’t even a grunt he just flew around boming women and children.
To Rep Murtha….hey hey what do you say how many kids did you burn today?
ZSQUAD on June 1, 2006 at 11:51 PM
I’m reminded of a about Ted Kennedy talking about Abu Ghraib:
“”Occupied Iraq?” “Deepest fall from grace in our history”? Good Goddess, the troops are going to think we’re all bunch of slavering, America-hating moonbats! That drunken, yet factually correct imbecile is going to completely blow our cover! We’ll never convince the murderous troops to desert now!”
How will *our murderous troops* ever be convinced that the left supports them now?!
ZRyan on June 2, 2006 at 1:09 AM
I’m reminded of a Blame Bush! article about Ted Kennedy talking about Abu Ghraib:
I tried to put HTML in there. It should say
I’m reminded of a Blame Bush! article about Ted Kennedy talking about Abu Ghraib:
with a link: http://blamebush.typepad.com/blamebush/2005/04/abu_ghraib_one_.html
ZRyan on June 2, 2006 at 1:11 AM
* An Islamofascist jihadi suicide bomber blows up a mosque or police station or a bus or children and the Treason Media gives it a 5-second mention on the news or a column inch in the International News column.
* An innocent aid worker or civilian is held, tortured and then beheaded while they scream for mercy and the video is put in the Internet and the Treason Media refuses to broadcast it out of “sensitivity to the family members”.
* The film of 9/11 is thrown down the Memory Hole because the Treason Media says that showing it “only inflames passions”.
* Prisoners get panties on their heads and it’s the FRONT PAGE STORY for the Treason Media and it leads the TV news shows 24/7 for months.
* Sketchy, incomplete reporting of an incident that is being investigated is used to smear the armed forces, smear the war, smear the President and provide the rationale for our surrender and disgrace in the eyes of the world by the Treason Media.
Hear me out, but I believe that Bush needs to resign because the coordinated assaults of the Left, the Treason Media and the Dems are so focused on destroying him, they’re going to destroy America in the process, leaving us weakened, alone and unwilling to defend ourselves, lest we trample on the Whte Guilt mongering that’s destroying us.
The moment he leaves, then the raison d’etre for the Left vanishes. Then they’ll either have to put up or shut up with their ideas, not their vendettas.
DirkBelig on June 2, 2006 at 2:31 AM
Calling for our troops to withdraw isn’t a good idea. Murtha and his ilk would like nothing more so they can say the Republican War on Terror is a failure.
What needs to be done is to start prosecuting anyone who leaks information about any ongoing investigations or anyone who speaks out of turn, like Murtha.
Untie the hands of our troops and let them fight and win this time. The left had us leave Viet Nam before it was finished and look at the outcome of that.
Let’s make sure our troops get what they need in material and support and get the job done, this time.
LewWaters on June 2, 2006 at 4:25 AM
Words can’t begin to describe the raging all-consuming hatred I feel for enemies to my Country.
The souls of communists, leftists, dimmocraps, RINOS, anti-military maggot infested peaceniks, “progressives”, PC idiots, muslimes, criminals, and illegals can all rot on the black floor of Hades, but there is nothing more despicable than a traitor. Murtha will get his reward. I’ll bet the dog would spit in his mother’s face if he was offered a quarter, or 5 seconds of airtime. I’ll be waiting for that POS in Hell.
I’m running out of folks I can respect, but soldiers and true patriots are among the few deserving of it.
ecamorg on June 2, 2006 at 4:58 AM
Nothing surprises me anymore. From James Murtha on down, there is no such thing as a Democrat or Liberal. They are “THE ENEMY” — one and all!
I am beginning to think that combat veterans should be summarily precluded from election to Congress because it obviously does something to their minds. Witness the treasonous capers of John Kerry, James Murtha and John McCain, all claimed “heroes” (the latter two were), all vocally and ferociously turning on their country’s interests.
Only enemies of the United States would constantly and consistently attack our troops, preach retreat on the floor of Congress, endorse unimpeded illegal immigration and amnesty, and support the wholesale importation of Islamic terrorists by worrying more about offending them, than protecting US! The list of loony liberal escapades is endless.
I shudder at the thought of people like these (or even worse) running this country.
Does someone named Hillary come to mind?
ForYourEdification on June 2, 2006 at 7:44 AM
Iraq Syndrome: The inability to fight terror because someone may get hurt! I’m done. Bring them home now!!!
Until Congress passes the Burka Law the LIBS and the MSM simply will not get it. By then it will be too late. It will take a while, and I’ll probably be dead by then, but having been buried in a Christian cemetery my bone will dug up and dumped to make room for an Islamic “Holy Site”!
Dread Pirate Roberts VI on June 2, 2006 at 8:47 AM
It is obviously clear that the liberals and demonrats would prefer fighting the war on terror here in the US instead of overseas. They could care less about innocent US women and children being killed — just make sure there are no civilian casualties in Iraq or Afganistan. They really make me angry … and I do not have an immediate family member serving in Iraq right now. I do not understand how the families of our military are so patient with the left. They are just better people than me.
wytammic on June 2, 2006 at 10:10 AM
The biggest problem is that there are too many monday morning quarterbacks who are running the show. our soldiers in the field have a job to do - let’s let them do it. i agree with previous posts that this has become a p.c. war. islamofacists can kill children and innocents, bomb their own mosques, blow up cars and use kids as human shields - that’s ok. the minute our soldiers even make one tiny mistake, they are called to the table and persecuted. we don’t want to hurt andyone’s “feeeeelllinggs.” it makes me so sick, especially since the ones who are perpetuating this p.c. b.s are our own senators and media. traitors.
pullingmyhairout on June 2, 2006 at 10:11 AM
In Sep 2005, 14 Marines were killed instantly by a massive IED in Haditha (worst one ever) and during the same month 6 more were blown to smitherines. This history is not known by the public.
I found out about this when I was listening to Congressman Curt Weldon on the radio. It puts things into CONTEXT.
I believe the town people were pretty much in cohoots with the terrorists. When the Nov ‘05 incident occurred and yet another 20-yr old was blown in half, the Marines decided “a new tactic” (my words).
To me, all these “civilians” are collaborators.
I WOULD EXHONERATE ALL THE MARINES.
None of them are guilty of anything.
I SAY OUR MARINES DON’T KILL ANYBODY WHO DON’T DESERVE IT. (at least 99.999% of them don’t). They do what they have to do.
the left is running rampant with more similar stories (ie: pregnant women shot, man shot and troops put a shovel in his hand, etc etc..). More than likely the man did use a shovel to bury an IED. I STAND WITH OUR MARINES!
Also, now the Marines have to get MORE mandatory “sensitivity” and “rules of war - civilian rights” training.. (THEY GET TONS OF IT ALREADY!)
I don’t like this cycle…. This could be the beginning of the end… We have to do something!!
Richard Davis on June 2, 2006 at 10:52 AM
All of this is speculation until we know all the facts, of course.
But it sure does take conservative energy away from the immigration debacle. How convenient for the MSM!
dman on June 2, 2006 at 10:57 AM
You know, why don’t the civilains start outing the terrorists? I know, they want to keep their heads, but at some point, they need to take some responsibility or get the hell out of the towns where the enemies are so we can blow those towns to hell from the air and quit getting our proud marines and soldiers killed in hand-tied, PC, street combat.
What the heck happened to TREASON? How on earth does one get charged with treason? Who has to bring up the charges? What about sedition? I think Carter and Murtha both could be charged with either treason or sedition, but the PC dogma that’s taken over our country prevents it.
What a great way to support our troops, bring their enemies to justice.
We all know regardless of whether they are charged or not, the damage has already been done and you can be sure some troops will lose their lives over the irresponsible handling of this story by the MSM.
Funny that this yet-to be proved true story is all over the MSM and this one is not: http://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/cover053106.htm
NTWR on June 2, 2006 at 2:50 PM
NTWR,
WOW on that link!!! Michelle, is it possible for this to get more play from you?
pullingmyhairout on June 2, 2006 at 3:22 PM
I am voting for the ecamorg/ForYourEdification ticket for the Presidency in ‘08.
horsepower_1st on June 2, 2006 at 3:23 PM
Good link, NTWR. I’m a regular listener to Melanie Morgan, and knew about the Censure Carter effort. Check out Mel, Lee Rodgers, and Tom Benner (aka Officer Vic) by streaming their morning show at http://www.KSFO.com. IMHO, the best political talk show in the nation. It’s conservative, and it’s out of San Francisco! Go figure.
dman on June 2, 2006 at 9:04 PM