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[Che'_Moderator]

OMG something worse than hippies. Right wing nut jobs.

[BeachRat]

This should be on the front page of every newspaper.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/commentary/...85504-6384r.htm

Supporting the troops


    The latest example is the now widely publicized shooting and killing by an American Marine in Iraq of a wounded terrorist in Fallujah. Chris Matthews on "Hardball" spoke of "what may be the illegal killing of a wounded, unarmed insurgent" — the politically correct media term for a terrorist — and asked: "Is there ever a justification for shooting an unarmed enemy?"

This same Marine had a friend killed not a week earlier by another Iraqi pretending to be dead. I'd have put one right between their eyes, and not though anything about it.

Ahhh yes. And this is why there is a test even for groundpounders. You my friend in a modern military would be a cook in the mess.

LOL seriously? How do they determine the line between self defense and sheer crazy trigger happiness? I don't consider myself lacking in compassion for human life, but when checking to see if a guy is dead risks me ending up the same way, I'd rather make sure he's dead first... I guess that's why this guy is being investigated, right?

[VS Legend]

Analysis complete, .01% of the people countering here seem to know what they are talking about.

Go look up terrorism.

Peace out.

(PS - No offense intended to anyone, just go look up terrorism.)

[Bay13]

Systematic use of violence to create a general climate of fear in a population and thereby to bring about a particular political objective.

It has been used throughout history by political organizations of both the left and the right, by nationalist and ethnic groups, and by revolutionaries. Although usually thought of as a means of destabilizing or overthrowing existing political institutions, terror also has been employed by governments against their own people to suppress dissent; examples include the reigns of certain Roman emperors, the French Revolution (see Reign of Terror), Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union under Stalin, and Argentina during the “dirty war” of the 1970s. Terrorism's impact has been magnified by the deadliness and technological sophistication of modern-day weapons and the capability of the media to disseminate news of such attacks instantaneously throughout the world. The deadliest terrorist attack ever occurred on Sept. 11, 2001 (see September 11 attacks), when members of al-Qaeda terrorist network hijacked four commercial airplanes and crashed two of them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center complex and one into the Pentagon building near Washington, D.C.; the fourth plane crashed near Pittsburgh, Pa. The crashes resulted in the collapse of much of the World Trade Center complex, the destruction of part of the southwest side of the Pentagon, and the deaths of some 3,000 people.

[VS Legend]

So what are you guys arguing about again?

[VS Legend]

Thanks greg.

[InlineTurbo]

I would like to take this opportunity to point out that the Nazis followed Hitler willingly; the Iraqis didn't voluntarily participate in Saddam's actions (except his Republican Guard troops and secret police). You're mixing apples and oranges. I'm not even touching the rest of your stuff with a 10 foot pole.

You are missing one very important point. The people still fighting us are the ones who fought along side Sadam willingly. There is nobody forcing them to fight right now. In fact every attempt was made to avoid conflict. Notice they are from his home town and are still trying to hold out for the 'old days'. From conversations with people on the ground they estimate 1 in 10 people fighting us are actual Iraqis the rest are foreigners. Kinda shoots your whole defending their homeland idea out of the water. Do you even understand the reference to the werewolves of WWII?

[gdizzle]

Thanks greg.

Guess I forgot to sign in, NP though. No shame to my game.

[VS Legend]

Back to square one again, I just noticed complaining against insurgent. Let me look this one up for you:

in·sur·gent  Audio pronunciation of "Insurgent" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (n-sûrjnt)
adj.

  1. Rising in revolt against established authority, especially a government.
  2. Rebelling against the leadership of a political party.


n.

    One who is insurgent.