*Uncensored* video of the wounded Iraqi

[GreatBarracuda]

Link

Judge for yourself.

 

[Infohawk]

I'm not into ultra-gruesome stuff. Can someone summarize what happens?

 

[Sultan]

Originally posted by: Infohawk
I'm not into ultra-gruesome stuff. Can someone summarize what happens?

Summary: US action in Iraq is terrorism by every single definition.

 

[Passions]

Summary: Marine makes bad judgement and kills a terrorist. Liberal media blows up the situation and most likely marines career is over due to reporters greed.

 

[maddogchen]

Summary: Marine shoots Iraqi.

 

[Sultan]

Originally posted by: Passions
Summary: Marine makes bad judgement and kills a terrorist. Liberal media blows up the situation and most likely marines career is over due to reporters greed.

all judgments in this war have been incredibly bad including going to war itself. a wounded IRAQI insurgent is not a terrorist. I believe Osama bin Laden used a similar justification for 9/11.

 

[Infohawk]

Is this the same video as yesterday? What happens after the gunshot?

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: Passions
Summary: Marine makes bad judgement and kills a terrorist. Liberal media blows up the situation and most likely marines career is over due to reporters greed.

What greed?

 

[conjur]

"These are wounded that were never picked up"

Then the shooting.

 

[Pliablemoose]

I can understand why he did what he did, but he's going to spend years in a military prison for it.

 

[Passions]

Originally posted by: feralkid

Originally posted by: Passions
Summary: Marine makes bad judgement and kills a terrorist. Liberal media blows up the situation and most likely marines career is over due to reporters greed.

What greed?

Pulitzer Prize.

 

[Infohawk]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
I can understand why he did what he did, but he's going to spend years in a military prison for it.

How can you pass jugment? I thought everyone on P&N was an armchair general and should just let the military do its thing?

 

[Valvoline6]

US Marines rally round comrade
US Marines have rallied round a comrade under investigation for killing a wounded Iraqi during the offensive in Fallujah, saying he was probably under combat stress in unpredictable circumstances.

Marines interviewed on Tuesday said they did not see the shooting as a scandal, rather the act of a comrade who faced intense pressure during the effort to quell the insurgency in the city.

"I can see why he would do it. He was probably running around being shot at for days on end in Fallujah. There should be an investigation but they should look into the circumstances," Lance Corporal Christopher Hanson said.

"I would have shot the insurgent too. Two shots to the head," Sergeant Nicholas Graham said.

"You can't trust these people. He should not be investigated. He did nothing wrong."

The military command launched an investigation after video footage showed the US Marine shooting a wounded and unarmed man in a mosque in the city on Saturday.

-Reuters

 

[Riprorin]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
I can understand why he did what he did, but he's going to spend years in a military prison for it.

Why would anyone want to be a soldier or a police officer anymore?

 

[Valvoline6]

The bottom line is that the young marine thought the terrorist was faking dead, and was about to do something to harm them all. So he shot him. End of story. One more dead terrorist. :thumbsup:

The terrorists have been faking dead and then shooting and booby trapping bodies. This is what happens when you have a history of doing those things. Seeing the video and hearing first hand accounts I think the marine will be cleared.

 

[Infohawk]

Originally posted by: Valvoline6
"You can't trust these people. "

Yup, winning the hearts and mind and bringing democracy..
:roll:

They're supposed to be fighting "these people."

 

[JacobJ]

This is what happens in war.

The mindset of soldiers under massive amounts of stress is completely different than any of us who haven't been there can fathom.

The question should not be whether or not the soldier did anything wrong, but whether or not he should have been put in that situation in the first place.

 

[Gaard]

Originally posted by: Passions
Summary: Marine makes bad judgement and kills a terrorist. Liberal media blows up the situation and most likely marines career is over due to reporters greed.

"Bad judgement" is what we're calling it these days?

Replace 'reporter's greed' with 'committing murder' and I'll agree with you.

 

[Valvoline6]

Originally posted by: Infohawk

Originally posted by: Valvoline6
"You can't trust these people. He should not be investigated. He did nothing wrong."

Yup, winning the hearts and mind and bringing democracy..
:roll:

They're supposed to be fighting "terrorists."

OOPS! Sorry Infotroll I corrected it for you.

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: Riprorin

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
I can understand why he did what he did, but he's going to spend years in a military prison for it.

Why would anyone want to be a soldier or a police officer anymore?

To defend your right to make stupid observations.

 

[Infohawk]

Originally posted by: Valvoline6
OOPS! Sorry Infotroll I corrected it for you.

:roll:


Why do I get the feeling you only call them terrorists when they're dead?

 

[Valvoline6]

I always call the terrorists terrorists.

Originally posted by: Valvoline6
The bottom line is that the young marine thought the terrorist was faking dead, and was about to do something to harm them all. So he shot him. End of story. One more dead terrorist. :thumbsup:

The terrorists have been faking dead and then shooting and booby trapping bodies. This is what happens when you have a history of doing those things. Seeing the video and hearing first hand accounts I think the marine will be cleared.

 

[Skiguy411]

Originally posted by: Valvoline6
I always call the terrorists terrorists.

Originally posted by: Valvoline6
The bottom line is that the young marine thought the terrorist was faking dead, and was about to do something to harm them all. So he shot him. End of story. One more dead terrorist. :thumbsup:

The terrorists have been faking dead and then shooting and booby trapping bodies. This is what happens when you have a history of doing those things. Seeing the video and hearing first hand accounts I think the marine will be cleared.

Agreed.

 

[cumhail]

Originally posted by: Valvoline6
I always call the terrorists terrorists.

Originally posted by: Valvoline6
The bottom line is that the young marine thought the terrorist was faking dead, and was about to do something to harm them all. So he shot him. End of story. One more dead terrorist. :thumbsup:

The terrorists have been faking dead and then shooting and booby trapping bodies. This is what happens when you have a history of doing those things. Seeing the video and hearing first hand accounts I think the marine will be cleared.

And by your estimation, are any and all Iraqis fighting against the US military "terrorists?"

cumhail

 

[Riprorin]

Originally posted by: feralkid

Originally posted by: Riprorin

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
I can understand why he did what he did, but he's going to spend years in a military prison for it.

Why would anyone want to be a soldier or a police officer anymore?

To defend your right to make stupid observations.

I think you miss the point. It's a rhetorical question.

Soldiers and police officers have to make split-second decisions under stressful conditions that have life and death consequences and are judged by people in tranquil settings with the benefit of hindsight.

God bless those who do these jobs.