11-18-2004, 10:38 AM
elcoholic Wrote: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.
No, NBC not giving any information on the situation is a left story. Not letting viewers know that terrorists have been playing dead to lure soldiers to to be shot at or be killed by booby traps is a left story. Not informing viewers that the poor soldier was shot in the face the day before because he DIDN'T respond quickly like he did that day is a left story. The ONLY news agencies that did report this are fox news, and surprisingly CNN.
And these aren't unarmed wounded people. There are terrorists waiting for the right chance to kill our soldiers. Quit giving the terrorists sympathy and try a little for our soldiers.
"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."
The soldiers actually didn't do that much damage to the city. Yes, there is quite a bit more damage than before. The city was actually in really crappy shape before they got there. Once the U.S. is done rebuilding the city i'm sure it's gonna look 10x better than before we ever got there.
Also, do you realize who shot and released this video that's going to get more people killed? NBC news. You wanna be pissed at someone about it? Be pissed at them.