11-18-2004, 03:09 AM
Cidien Wrote:What other article am I supposed to post? Something negative out of the left like NBC's story trying to demonize that poor soldier for shooting that terrorist pretending to be dead?
I'm not positive as I read it a while ago, but I think there were three Iraqi military deaths.
And Zagatto, I really hope that happens soon. I feel bad for the Iraqi people, especially those in terrorist controlled or influenced cities. =/
That's not a left story, that's a world story. He wasn't pretending to be dead, he was wounded. I agree it shouldn't be a big thing for us to worry about since noone is surprised these things happen in war but in this kind of war it matters and he's certainly not a poor soldier. Is there anything a soldier can do to make you think bad about them? One dead person is not enough. How many unarmed wounded people would he have to kill before he becomes evil in your eyes? Iraqi resistance will use it to spread the hate and terrorists will use that video to recrute. This video is a danger for the military and other personel who have to stay in Iraq for probably years to come. Remember after the Abu-graib prison scandal there was a surge of kidnappings as revenge for that, that's going to happen again probably. The smallest mistake in this war will get a huge spotlight on it. This is the story that's shown on arabic news stations all day long. Think about the impact it has on the people who watch that news in the mindset they already have about the US. Its unfair they make such a big deal out of this but it was in the line of expectation. All I'm saying is it is a big story, not as big as the prison scandal but pretty big. Maybe not on the news channels you watch but it is in the rest of the world.
On a side note, its really amazing they only had so few casualties. Especialy when you see the pictures comming from Fallujah. There's nothing left in that city that hasn't got atleast one bullet hole in it.