Comments on: A Soldier’s View http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:56:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bill Voorhees http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/comment-page-1/#comment-6767 Bill Voorhees Wed, 21 Jun 2006 19:52:34 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/#comment-6767 Roland needs to catch up on the info available to him. The archives of Saddam's secret police and intelligence service have shown that Saddam was training Al Queda members long before 9-11. He gave safe harbor to them also and furnished them with passports. They may not have liked each other, but remember the the arab saying, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." As to Haditha, I think Murtha and everyone else need to shut up and let the NCIS finish the investigation. Remember that old American saying, "Keep an open mind." As if. Roland needs to catch up on the info available to him. The archives of Saddam’s secret police and intelligence service have shown that Saddam was training Al Queda members long before 9-11. He gave safe harbor to them also and furnished them with passports. They may not have liked each other, but remember the the arab saying, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”
As to Haditha, I think Murtha and everyone else need to shut up and let the NCIS finish the investigation. Remember that old American saying, “Keep an open mind.”

As if.

]]> By: john ryan http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/comment-page-1/#comment-5605 john ryan Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:33:32 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/#comment-5605 Americans have a multitude of news sources to choose from, it is a free market. They choose MSM. This seems to be what they want to read or hear or see. Free market,choice, this is how it works here in these United States. Those on the hard right of American political thought seem to have gone from being winners to whinners in the space of a very short time. Instead of looking for scapegoats "The Left" "The MSM" they should look at what policies and actions hqave lost them the confidence of the American people. Here are a couple of hints" the war in Iraq and corruption in Washington. As for not prejudging the marines, everyone is entitled to have an opinion based on whatever facts or predjudices he chooses to use, O.J. I think he is guilty, Saddam I think he is guilty too. Americans have a multitude of news sources to choose from, it is a free market. They choose MSM. This seems to be what they want to read or hear or see. Free market,choice, this is how it works here in these United States. Those on the hard right of American political thought seem to have gone from being winners to whinners in the space of a very short time. Instead of looking for scapegoats “The Left” “The MSM” they should look at what policies and actions hqave lost them the confidence of the American people. Here are a couple of hints” the war in Iraq and corruption in Washington. As for not prejudging the marines, everyone is entitled to have an opinion based on whatever facts or predjudices he chooses to use, O.J. I think he is guilty, Saddam I think he is guilty too.

]]> By: Black Jack http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/comment-page-1/#comment-4020 Black Jack Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:08:33 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/#comment-4020 Not all that tricky. No responsible Conservative wants to censor the news, the so-called liberals have that bailiwick all to themselves. They own it, lock, stock, and barrel. Our self-appointed Lefty "watchdogs of democracy" are daily selecting which information to withhold from the public square. Blatant Lefty bias is pervasive in nearly all the nation's established news media. There are a few exceptions, but they only serve to prove the point. A recent example: How long has it been since the Senate passed a "Comprehensive Immigration Bill?" And only because of Internet Bloggers do we have any idea of what dirty little secrets are hidden among the amnesty provisions. Heck, the Lefty MSM won't even identify it as an amnesty bill. Not all that tricky. No responsible Conservative wants to censor the news, the so-called liberals have that bailiwick all to themselves. They own it, lock, stock, and barrel.

Our self-appointed Lefty “watchdogs of democracy” are daily selecting which information to withhold from the public square. Blatant Lefty bias is pervasive in nearly all the nation’s established news media. There are a few exceptions, but they only serve to prove the point.

A recent example: How long has it been since the Senate passed a “Comprehensive Immigration Bill?” And only because of Internet Bloggers do we have any idea of what dirty little secrets are hidden among the amnesty provisions. Heck, the Lefty MSM won’t even identify it as an amnesty bill.

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/comment-page-1/#comment-3906 Gaius Wed, 31 May 2006 19:12:55 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/#comment-3906 Incorrect, Paul. I know that is what Time reported, but Captain Ed just linked information that the Marines were already investigating the allegations before Time was even aware of the issue. Incorrect, Paul. I know that is what Time reported, but Captain Ed just linked information that the Marines were already investigating the allegations before Time was even aware of the issue.

]]> By: Paul http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/comment-page-1/#comment-3904 Paul Wed, 31 May 2006 19:07:01 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/#comment-3904 I think that one of the points being ignored here - particularly by those who insist on blaming the press for fanning the flames on this issue - is that the military initially investigated this incident and found nothing wrong. It was only after additional investigation by Time Magazine (if I recall correctly) and additional reporting, that the issue was again brought to the forefront. Of course the military tried to cover it up; that's what the military always does. They don't want to punish their troops for having gone postal during combat patrols. The troops made a (presumed) horrible mistake, and no commander wants to have to punish their own. It's become the My Lai or Iraq. The truth will out because it was investigated, hardly in spite of it. That's what a free press does. Who wants to be the censor who decides which news should be printed and which shouldn't? Careful, it's a trick question... I think that one of the points being ignored here – particularly by those who insist on blaming the press for fanning the flames on this issue – is that the military initially investigated this incident and found nothing wrong. It was only after additional investigation by Time Magazine (if I recall correctly) and additional reporting, that the issue was again brought to the forefront. Of course the military tried to cover it up; that’s what the military always does. They don’t want to punish their troops for having gone postal during combat patrols. The troops made a (presumed) horrible mistake, and no commander wants to have to punish their own. It’s become the My Lai or Iraq. The truth will out because it was investigated, hardly in spite of it. That’s what a free press does. Who wants to be the censor who decides which news should be printed and which shouldn’t? Careful, it’s a trick question…

]]> By: Hard Starboard http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/comment-page-1/#comment-3903 Hard Starboard Wed, 31 May 2006 18:58:37 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/#comment-3903 <strong>Haditha Hertz...</strong> Mary Katherine Ham has a nice roundup on the alleged "Haditha Massacre," including an article that provides some more desperately needed context as to what was going on in that western Iraqi town last year. I was especially struck by the profundity o... Haditha Hertz…

Mary Katherine Ham has a nice roundup on the alleged “Haditha Massacre,” including an article that provides some more desperately needed context as to what was going on in that western Iraqi town last year. I was especially struck by the profundity o…

]]> By: Blogmeister USA http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/comment-page-1/#comment-3880 Blogmeister USA Wed, 31 May 2006 15:22:41 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/#comment-3880 <strong>Wanting Haditha to Be True...</strong> David's Medienkritik, ever vigilant in exposing anti-American bias in the German media, gives us this gem today. The web page of the state-sponsored news program ARD tagesschau claims in a headline that U.S. Marines participated in a massacre in Hadit... Wanting Haditha to Be True…

David’s Medienkritik, ever vigilant in exposing anti-American bias in the German media, gives us this gem today. The web page of the state-sponsored news program ARD tagesschau claims in a headline that U.S. Marines participated in a massacre in Hadit…

]]> By: Roland Hesz http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/comment-page-1/#comment-3867 Roland Hesz Wed, 31 May 2006 14:03:48 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/#comment-3867 That's what I tried to say, just my browser is damned shaky, crashing every few minutes, that half of my posts are left off, 'cause I try to beat the abrupt shutdown. And I don't pass judgement, just put on some links. Everyone should draw their own conclusions after reading them. That’s what I tried to say, just my browser is damned shaky, crashing every few minutes, that half of my posts are left off, ’cause I try to beat the abrupt shutdown.

And I don’t pass judgement, just put on some links.
Everyone should draw their own conclusions after reading them.

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/comment-page-1/#comment-3852 Gaius Wed, 31 May 2006 12:57:48 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/#comment-3852 Roland, nobody should be passing judgement yet. Roland, nobody should be passing judgement yet.

]]> By: Roland Hesz http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/comment-page-1/#comment-3851 Roland Hesz Wed, 31 May 2006 12:53:20 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/#comment-3851 I don't know, if I can believe the NYT, but <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/31/world/middleeast/31haditha.html?hp&ex=1149134400&en=ba9330564ff54260&ei=5094&partner=homepage" rel="nofollow">this article</a> does not mean well for the Marines... I don’t know, if I can believe the NYT, but
this article does not mean well for the Marines…

]]> By: Roland Hesz http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/comment-page-1/#comment-3847 Roland Hesz Wed, 31 May 2006 09:13:21 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/#comment-3847 Flopping Aces wrote: "So now after deposing Saddam Hussein, a man who was connected to Al-Qaeda, harbored terrorist, and possessed WMD’s, after freeing the Iraqi citizens from rape rooms and acid baths, after giving those citizens a new Democracy…giving it to a country …" Except he did not posses WMD's - the ones he got from the US he used up in Iran -, and it has been proved, that the Al-Quade did not like him. Osama-bin-Laden especially disliked Saddam. The giving of democracy so far seems like: we removed Saddam, now you try to make a democracy if you can. Flopping Aces wrote:

“So now after deposing Saddam Hussein, a man who was connected to Al-Qaeda, harbored terrorist, and possessed WMD’s, after freeing the Iraqi citizens from rape rooms and acid baths, after giving those citizens a new Democracy…giving it to a country …”

Except he did not posses WMD’s – the ones he got from the US he used up in Iran -, and it has been proved, that the Al-Quade did not like him.
Osama-bin-Laden especially disliked Saddam.

The giving of democracy so far seems like: we removed Saddam, now you try to make a democracy if you can.

]]> By: Roland Hesz http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/comment-page-1/#comment-3846 Roland Hesz Wed, 31 May 2006 09:10:17 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/#comment-3846 Unfortunately now even a Republican guy - John Kline - said the marines has commited a crime "This was not an accident," said Minnesota Republican John Kline, a former Marine colonel who was briefed about the killings along with other members of the House of Representatives armed-services committee. "This was not an immediate response to an attack. This would be an atrocity," he told The New York Times. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/freeheadlines/LAC/20060527/IRAQ27/international/International Unfortunately now even a Republican guy – John Kline – said the marines has commited a crime

“This was not an accident,” said Minnesota Republican John Kline, a former Marine colonel who was briefed about the killings along with other members of the House of Representatives armed-services committee. “This was not an immediate response to an attack. This would be an atrocity,” he told The New York Times.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/freeheadlines/LAC/20060527/IRAQ27/international/International

]]> By: Blue Star Chronicles http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/comment-page-1/#comment-3841 Blue Star Chronicles Wed, 31 May 2006 03:15:22 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/#comment-3841 <strong>The Party the Marines Spoiled in Haditha...</strong> The executions are carried out at dawn on Haqlania bridge, the entrance to Haditha. A small crowd usually turns up to watch even though the killings are filmed and made available on DVD in the market the same afternoon.... The Party the Marines Spoiled in Haditha…

The executions are carried out at dawn on Haqlania bridge, the entrance to Haditha. A small crowd usually turns up to watch even though the killings are filmed and made available on DVD in the market the same afternoon….

]]> By: Flopping Aces http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/comment-page-1/#comment-3835 Flopping Aces Wed, 31 May 2006 02:00:52 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/#comment-3835 <strong>The New Battlecry From The Left...</strong> So now after deposing Saddam Hussein, a man who was connected to Al-Qaeda, harbored terrorist, and possessed WMD’s, after freeing the Iraqi citizens from rape rooms and acid baths, after giving those citizens a new Democracy…giving it to a country ... The New Battlecry From The Left…

So now after deposing Saddam Hussein, a man who was connected to Al-Qaeda, harbored terrorist, and possessed WMD’s, after freeing the Iraqi citizens from rape rooms and acid baths, after giving those citizens a new Democracy…giving it to a country …

]]> By: Chickenhawk Express http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/comment-page-1/#comment-3831 Chickenhawk Express Wed, 31 May 2006 00:39:08 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/30/a-soldiers-view/#comment-3831 <strong>Briones, Murtha and Even More Questions...</strong> I did not know about Lance Cpl. Roel Ryan Briones' story about Haditha. I do have a couple of issues with his story. Then there is this article about Briones, courtesy of the Hanford Sentinel from April 5, 2006..." He was booked into Kings County Ja... Briones, Murtha and Even More Questions…

I did not know about Lance Cpl. Roel Ryan Briones’ story about Haditha. I do have a couple of issues with his story. Then there is this article about Briones, courtesy of the Hanford Sentinel from April 5, 2006…” He was booked into Kings County Ja…

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