A few Marines in Afghanistan did a really dumb thing: They emptied their “short arms” on a trio of Taliban corpses. The act was unacceptable. It was against military regulations and constituted a minor—very minor—infringement of the Geneva Convention. Those Marines showed terrible judgment and should receive appropriate “non-judicial punishment” that will impact their careers. If a non-commissioned officer was involved, his career should end.
But that’s all, folks. This was not an atrocity. No terrorists were harmed in the making of that video. Defiling enemy corpses is wrong, but it’s not murder, torture, rape or any other crime against a living human being. Nonetheless politically correct Washington went into manic-panic mode the moment the news broke about that video. Everybody, from the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs on down rushed to issue public apologies. A high-level investigation (aka “witch hunt”) has been ordered, but the decision’s already been made to hang those Marines and their chain of command. Our military just bent over: Not a word about how remarkably honorable and disciplined hundreds of thousands of our troops have been, and not a word about the Taliban’s very real atrocities.
Of course, President Karzai of Afghanistan condemned the leaky-Marines video as monstrous. He’s mum on Taliban massacres, suicide bombings and torture, though. Our own administration’s fear was that the literal pissing contest would derail the negotiations all the president’s men have begged the Taliban to enter into so we can have “peace with honor” and get out of Saigon. Sorry: I meant “Kabul.”
But the most grotesque and reprehensible behavior has been that of our own media. I’ve been stunned: Cynical though I am about many journalists and pseudo-journalists, I really didn’t think so many of them hated and despised our men and women in uniform so deeply at this point.
What I’ve seen and heard has been near-orgasmic delight in the opportunity to tear down our troops. The establishment media has reported this inexcusable, but decidedly minor incident as if it were a repeat of Vietnam’s My Lai massacre—if not of Nazi atrocities or the Holocaust entire. Nowhere on broadcast or cable television did I hear anyone put the incident into perspective and say, “Sometimes grunts do dumb stuff. The real story is how few such incidents there have been, how amazingly disciplined our troops are.”
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First and foremost give those guys a hand,now to the truth.obama hates the military,the msm sleeps with obama,end result=Congratulate the marines.You may not agree with this attitude,but you have to understand where it comes from.I,m a Vietnam veteran and can tell you,when you do not have the support of the government (USA) you can expect this type of behaviour.I have said it before and I,ll say it again-THE FISH STINKS AT THE HEAD
I stand with my Marine brothers. 3 cheers for their actions. If I was over there, I would be doing the same thing. WAR IS HELL and we don’t need some “Touchy-Feely” Washington S.O.B. calling the shots.
As soon as that Dip-Schitt in Washington is gone, the better America will be.
Semper-Fi
The sooner screwballs like you die out or shoot themselves the better oft the WORLD will be.
“Defiling enemy corpses is wrong, but it’s not murder, torture, rape or any other crime against a living human being.” UHHHH… and how did they end up being corpses? Were they possibly murdered? Tortured? FIRST? Most likely…
Hey outrageous lion…..STFU! You’ve never seen combat and the horrible things visited upon our troops by a subhuman species. You also don’t know what these Marines witnessed being done to their brothers, far worse I can assure you. It’s pantywaist cowards like you that spew your crap on these anonymous blogs!
Our troops have been abandoned by an impostor in the White House who hates the military and the nation above all else. Nam was a bitch and shit happened there to our brothers that defies description, and when that happens you retaliate. As far as asking a poster on here to shoot themselves, I think they would appreciate a personal demonstration from you hairball! Now crawl back in your hole!
To the Cowardly uncouragouslion Since you already have your head implanted in your backside lower posterior oriface and are in fear of pulling it out due to the explosion of the loud popping noise may harm you, I suggest that you GF yourself you cowardly little POS. You are the type of little scum that the military has to deal with all the time downing their life threatening yet obedient actions to keep sh*theads like you free to insult those who have served and are now doing the same! You little SOB if you were related to me and I knew that you wrote that crap I would kick your sleezy little useless a55! You certainly picked a bad handle for yourself should have been something like snivelinglilcoward, or maybe Chickensh!t, You probably are a fairy living in your own little world of the homofobics!
Un-courageouslion: Question: When you smell methane gas from a human rectum do you get an erection! The answer will tell us what you are!
Combatvet just so there is no question in your mind about my last Entry. I was a State Supervisor in a Prison for about 10 years! That should remove any curiosity about that last entry to the Lionhearted one that wishes death on our Serving Military and our Already Served!
eliwhit,
Oir nation is in decline populated by mind numb robots who idolize reality TV, rap music, primitivism through self-desicration getting their news from the Communist alphabet networks and the local commie fish wraps. Education in our school systems is run by a majority of re-education personnel pretending to be teachers. The end result are neanderthals like the cowardly lion. I don’t like to reminisce about combat and the trapped painful memories that for so many who survived, remain housed deep within our psyche. Real nightmares that never leave. This moron who wants to punish the Marines has never been left wondering from one day to the next, is today my day, will I live to see another sunrise, will another brother meet his end today or be maimed for life. The stress is palpable, the fear staring you in the face like a bad dream.
Can’t reason why the Marines would film it and then put it on you tube in the politically correct hell known as America. It gained them nothing but a shit storm from the panty waist liberal sell outs that populate this once great nation. Dousing them in pig fat would have sent a indelible message, with a sign saying no virgins here! We are dealing with a mindset that doesn’t abide by the Geneva Convention and does things to our troops that make this look like a walk in the park but expect our guys to deal daily with the horrors of battle, loss of life and not be affected and outraged. Well this is war, war is hell and the fat assed politicians in DC, the great majority of them effeminate cowards, allow a fraudulent American hating CNC destroy our nation, disrespect our military, do everything in his power to weaken our troops and we expect our guys on the front lines to be choir boys. RIGHT!
Arrest and try the big eared effeminate impostor in the White House, who is nothing but a support system for a tele-prompter and then we can talk about holding our guys to a higher standard! Leadership is top down and the lying piece of military hating tripe has destroyed the spirit of our troops with ever encroaching breakdowns of the integrity of our fighting force. How does forcing open homosexuality and gay tolerance elevate our military readiness? It is another step toward weakening our nation by a Muslim plant in the White House. This subhuman disses our troops every day he draws a breath!