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Lt. Col. Allen West speech on the Marines urinating on dead Taliban:
“I have sat back and assessed the incident with the video of our Marines urinating on Taliban corpses. I do not recall any self-righteous indignation when our Delta snipers Shugart and Gordon had their bodies dragged through Mogadishu. Neither do I recall media outrage and condemnation of our Blackwater security contractors being........................... killed, their bodies burned, and hung from a bridge in Fallujah. All these over-emotional pundits and armchair quarterbacks need to chill. Does anyone remember the two Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division who were beheaded and gutted in Iraq? The Marines were wrong. Give them a maximum punishment under field grade level Article 15 (non-judicial punishment), place a General Officer level letter of reprimand in their personnel file, and have them in full dress uniform stand before their Battalion, each personally apologize to God, Country, and Corps; videotaped and conclude by singing the full US Marine Corps Hymn without a teleprompter. As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, SHUT YOUR MOUTH, war is hell."
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- Snake EaterLv 59 years agoFavorite Answer
I half agree with the Congressman. There was a public sentiment of indignation after those incidents, but that's neither here nor their. What is important is that America is an exceptional nation. But American Exceptionalism does not mean that we get to do whatever we want because we are better. It means that because we are better, we must hold ourselves to a higher standard. People expect terrorists in Somalia and Iraq to treat the enemy in an inhumane manner. As awful as it is for their victims, it is their SOP.
- 9 years ago
I do agree.
What those Marines did was almost inexcusable. What the Taliban has done *is* inexcusable.
We should be better than this, but this media circus is doing no good whatsoever.
