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Old 04-03-2004, 11:57 AM   #51 (permalink)
Superbelt
This vexes me. I am terribly vexed.
 
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Originally posted by smooth
No one I've seen has justified what happened.
I suggest re-reading the thread -- in particular, posts by SF. Superbelt seems to be cooking up conspiracy theories here as well. Clearly the four victims were up to no good with those trucks of food.
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This is the first time in this whole campaign that americans were so brutally violated after death. It is specifically forbidden in the Islamic faith to desecrate a body after it is dead, even a dog.
It seems to me that it is at least possible that something extreme may have happened that day that precipitated the situation we now see.

I see people everywhere right now jumping down this entire town's throats. And, though I believe the ones who participated deserve some retribution it should be pointed out that the americans may have played a significant part in what happened and the retaliation that will follow, upon the whole city, may not be justified.
I came into this thread concerned that some were taking this event too extreme. I haven't justified shit. I fully believe those who killed these men need to be captured and prosecuted if possible, killed if necessary.
I take offense to those who automatically want to raze this city to the ground, including the Marine commander who will be in charge of such an action.
We may end up hurt/kill a lot of people who don't deserve it.

I am not pushing conspiracy theories. We don't know what happened. All we know is american mercenaires died. The official story that they died protecting a food convoy doesn't jive with common sense.

Why are we paying so much attention to these 4 men? Why do their deaths deserve a leveling of an entire city? They came to Iraq for money, or soldiers, many of whom were ordered to come from their national guard duties, are dying every day. We lost over 51 actual soldiers this month. Where is the holy retribution for them?

I also think it's funny how our government can pay 1000 dollars a day or more (up to around 2500 for the really expensive ones) for a merc, but our soldiers who make around 8 or 9k a YEAR get their benefits slashed by our government, and WE are the ones being accused of not supporting our troops and being anti-american.
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