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Originally posted by Mike AI@Nov 16 2004, 02:56 PM
I thought for sure there would be open rebellion on Oprano claiming how the evil imperial US Marine assassinated a wounded, innocent Iraqi.....
I guess I am being too pesimistic.
Glad we are coming together!
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Mike, sometimes the depth of your ignorance is almost breathtaking.
I can certainly understand why the idea that one can support the troops without supporting the lies that the idealogues who sent them there would be difficult for you to undertand. It requires an ability to think, or the actual exertion of the effort required to do so. You obviously lack one or both of the traits.
If the young man did what I saw (based on the short clip I've seen) in response to something that happened the day before, he will be dealt with by the Corps. Granted, in the great tradition of the U.S. Military, he will probably be dealt with more harshly for being stupid enough to do it around a camera ... but he probably would have been dealt with anyway. That is, after all, what makes "us" different than "them."
I am sure there will be some on the left who exhibit the same mental prowess that you have, and use the incidient to condemn the entire U.S. Military, the Marine Corps, God, Apple Pie, and Chevrolets. They will be wrong in that, of course; every bit as wrong as the people who will utlimately defend this young man if it should prove that the video is not somehow taken out of context. What I saw was undoubtedly a war crime, no matter how the fuck you cut it.
I'm quite suprised that no one else has pointed out that you followed "I am interested in your opinions, not some cut & paste propaganda" with .... a link to some cut and paste "truth" (or at least, propaganda presented in your perspective).