Left wing media all in a tizzy over Marine pulling a Kerry>>

[Shotgun]

I think this explains the shooting by the soldier:

Marine Lance Cpl. Jeramy Ailes, 22, of Gilroy was killed Monday in Al-Fallujah by small arms fire.

``They had finished mopping up in Fallujah and they went back to double-check on some insurgents. From what we gathered, somebody playing possum jumped up and shot him,'' said his father, Joel Ailes, who learned of his death Monday evening. ``It's extremely hard.''

 

[JDeuce]

Frankly, despite Al Jazeera playing the video clip non stop, I don't think this incident will make a damn bit of difference. In fact, it may even help us.

We went into Fallujah guns blazing, blasting houses, mosques, shops, etc. We probably killed over 1000 insurgents, and there obviously were civilian casualties as well. IOW...the controversy over the battle itself dwarfs whether we shot that one wounded insurgent.

I can't really imagine someone who supported the attack in Fallujah, with all the death and destruction it wrought, suddenly switching sides because we shot one wounded insurgent who we might easily have killed the first time through anyway (although Doc Mercer would love to pretend that is the case). Likewise...for all those people already taking up arms against us, they already hate us, and engage in kidnappings, mutilations, and head-lopping that dwarf this. This is incredibly small potatoes because he's the type of bad guy we were trying to kill anyway. And the really important thing is that he was <!--EZCODE ITALIC START-->not<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> an innocent. That's what makes all the difference in the world in terms of the effect on hearts and minds.

And like I said, it might help us. Al Zarqawi said we'd lose in Fallujah; he was wrong. And apparently...a lot of those insurgents skedaddled because they didn't want to get crushed. It was the stupid/fanatical ones left behind. This incident now tells those insurgents still resisting that we can be brutal bastards too. We bring inevitable death with us when we fight. That may be some little extra bit of discouragement for those insurgents who wavering as to whether they truly want to fight this thing out.

Be nice, and we're nice to you. Be nasty...and you will be utterly brutalized. That's how you suppress an insurgency.

 

[American]

I think this explains the shooting by the soldier:

Marine Lance Cpl. Jeramy Ailes, 22, of Gilroy was killed Monday in Al-Fallujah by small arms fire.

``They had finished mopping up in Fallujah and they went back to double-check on some insurgents. From what we gathered, somebody playing possum jumped up and shot him,'' said his father, Joel Ailes, who learned of his death Monday evening. ``It's extremely hard.''

That's what I'm talking about. When a soldier is out there doing his duty and the enemy is at close range, there's no time to phone in to a military lawyer about the ramifications of the Geneva Convention. It's kill or be killed. I don't blame that young man at all for killing that wounded insurgent, who may or may not have been armed.

 

[American]

Recounts are being inititated as we speak by mayor non-partisan organizations.
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LMFAO!!! Good luck with all that! I hope Olympic and Pinnacle don't make me give my Bush winnings back when they find out that Kerry actually won this thing.

BTW, I assume you're referring to the 2004 election, although the libs might still be doing recounts on the Gore/Bush election. It's hard to tell anymore because the liberals are going through life locked in on the rear-view mirror. You're so concerned about haggling over what has already happened that you're not prepared for the next event that steamrolls over you. While you're spending all your time looking back, life is happening to you. Try to catch up to the here and now. Learn from yesterday, but let go of it for Christ.

 

[GAMEFACE]

Fellas,

I've been working hard to free this Marine, quite frankly he deserves a pay raise and a promotion. The first one of you limp wristed weasals that have been shot at or hit that can say you wouldn't have done the same thing I'll listen. Those fukkin terrorist have pulled the exact stunt many times, played dead and pull our fine soldiers into a death trap. Fukk them all with 2 to the head unless they strip naked with their hands in the air. Why should 5 Marines get blown to pieces?