From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Mar 25 2003 - 12:44:03 MST
--- EvMick@aol.com wrote:
> Unfortunately the bad guys have captured some of OUR guys.
>
> Five or so I think from the news reports. One thing that the news
> reports are emphasizing is that our guys are "terrorized",
> "confused" and behaving in abnormal ways.
If you were in a logistics unit running a supply convoy, not expecting
to be involved in combat personally, you'd be slightly confused when a
group of Iraqis faked a surrender to ambush your unit, then when your
unit surrendered, they shot most of your unit in the head. You'd be
scared shitless of saying or doing the wrong thing.
I'll note that of the 5 survivors of this massacre, one is a welder,
the lone female is a chef, and the others are of similar non-combat
occupations.
>
> I dont recall similar reports from the Viet Nam era. At that time
> defiance was the watchword for American POW's. Ask John McCain.
>
> So.....what are the Ragheads doing to our guys?
Well, the corpses displayed so proudly by the Iraqis evidence beating,
burning, and point blank executions.
>
> Drugs? Beatings?
>
> Is this in accordance with the rules of war?
No, it's not. It is also a war crime for the Iraqi leadership to
countenance it, to not prosecute those who perpetrated it.
=====
Mike Lorrey
"Live Free or Die, Death is not the Worst of Evils."
- Gen. John Stark
"Pacifists are Objectively Pro-Fascist." - George Orwell
"Treason doth never Prosper. What is the Reason?
For if it Prosper, none Dare call it Treason..." - Ovid
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