Wednesday, November 17, 2004
"He's Faking He's Dead"
"I would have shot the insurgent too. Two shots to the head," said Sergeant Nicholas Graham, 24, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. "You can't trust these people. He should not be investigated. He did nothing wrong."
RUSH: He's faking being dead. These bodies are booby trapped. These people booby trap themselves. Our soldiers have been wounded, maimed and killed by booby trapped bodies. You hear this is a combat situation. These are the people who have just been firing on our guys... One of them is faking being dead.
(Reuters): U.S. Marines rallied round a comrade under investigation for killing a wounded Iraqi during the offensive in Falluja. Marines interviewed on Tuesday said they didn't see the shooting as a scandal, rather the act of a comrade who faced intense pressure during the effort to quell the insurgency in the city. 'I can see why he would do it.'
The coverage of this continues to be irresponsible. They couldn't wait for a report on the story or an investigation. They thought they hit the jackpot.
Rush: Violation of Geneva Conventions? These people aren't subject to the Geneva Convention. This is war, for crying out loud. What do they think this is, romper room in the sandbox? This is not recess over there.
You know, at the end of the day they're not going to go out and have ice cream cones. The continued lack of understanding -- and these are the people, by the way, who just got through running a presidential candidate who admitted doing all this and they called him a hero. They plucked this guy from the Vietnam War, John Kerry. This is the stuff that he got medals for.
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"I would have shot the insurgent too. Two shots to the head," said Sergeant Nicholas Graham, 24, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. "You can't trust these people. He should not be investigated. He did nothing wrong."
RUSH: He's faking being dead. These bodies are booby trapped. These people booby trap themselves. Our soldiers have been wounded, maimed and killed by booby trapped bodies. You hear this is a combat situation. These are the people who have just been firing on our guys... One of them is faking being dead.
(Reuters): U.S. Marines rallied round a comrade under investigation for killing a wounded Iraqi during the offensive in Falluja. Marines interviewed on Tuesday said they didn't see the shooting as a scandal, rather the act of a comrade who faced intense pressure during the effort to quell the insurgency in the city. 'I can see why he would do it.'
The coverage of this continues to be irresponsible. They couldn't wait for a report on the story or an investigation. They thought they hit the jackpot.
Rush: Violation of Geneva Conventions? These people aren't subject to the Geneva Convention. This is war, for crying out loud. What do they think this is, romper room in the sandbox? This is not recess over there.
You know, at the end of the day they're not going to go out and have ice cream cones. The continued lack of understanding -- and these are the people, by the way, who just got through running a presidential candidate who admitted doing all this and they called him a hero. They plucked this guy from the Vietnam War, John Kerry. This is the stuff that he got medals for.
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