Texan_Til_I_Die
06-19-2008, 12:53 PM
In November of 2005, there was an IED explosion in Haditha that killed one Marine and a number of civilians. Immediately after the explosion there was a firefight between Marines and armed terrorists. In the firefight eight terrorists were killed.
Those are the facts, but not the end of the story.
In March of 2006, Time magazine ran a story, “Collateral Damage or Civilian Massacre in Haditha?” which claimed, based on interviews with locals, that the Marines had killed 24 civilians in cold blood in retaliation for the one Marine's death. In May, the Marine Corps charged a number of Marines from that company with killing the civilians, and a number of officers for covering up the alleged killings.
Now I might expect something like that from a magazine like Time that is consistently anti-American and anti-war, but it didn't stop there. None other than a member of the United States House of Representatives, John Murtha, Democrat from Pennsylvania, claimed that “there was no firefight, there was no IED that killed these innocent people. Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them, and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood.” This incident, said Murtha, “shows the tremendous pressure that these guys are under every day when they’re out in combat.”
Murtha also charged that there was a cover up. OnThis Week on ABC he said “Who covered it up, why did they cover it up, why did they wait so long? We don’t know how far it goes. It goes right up the chain of command.”
Well, as of now, every charge against the Marines who were present at Haditha have either been dropped for lack of evidence, or the one case that went to trial has been found innocent. There is still one case waiting to go to trial, but it too should have the same result.
And in light of this, has Representative Murtha offered an type of apology for his outrageous remarks?
NO, THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING! :mad:
Those are the facts, but not the end of the story.
In March of 2006, Time magazine ran a story, “Collateral Damage or Civilian Massacre in Haditha?” which claimed, based on interviews with locals, that the Marines had killed 24 civilians in cold blood in retaliation for the one Marine's death. In May, the Marine Corps charged a number of Marines from that company with killing the civilians, and a number of officers for covering up the alleged killings.
Now I might expect something like that from a magazine like Time that is consistently anti-American and anti-war, but it didn't stop there. None other than a member of the United States House of Representatives, John Murtha, Democrat from Pennsylvania, claimed that “there was no firefight, there was no IED that killed these innocent people. Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them, and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood.” This incident, said Murtha, “shows the tremendous pressure that these guys are under every day when they’re out in combat.”
Murtha also charged that there was a cover up. OnThis Week on ABC he said “Who covered it up, why did they cover it up, why did they wait so long? We don’t know how far it goes. It goes right up the chain of command.”
Well, as of now, every charge against the Marines who were present at Haditha have either been dropped for lack of evidence, or the one case that went to trial has been found innocent. There is still one case waiting to go to trial, but it too should have the same result.
And in light of this, has Representative Murtha offered an type of apology for his outrageous remarks?
NO, THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING! :mad: