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Originally Posted by superart
We secured the hospital w/o firing a shot. What's the problem? Why are you complaining?
once again, they are not defending the hospital. They are using it as a staging ground to launch a military offensive from. Once a hospital is used in this fashion, it is no longer just a hospital, but a military base. We do not use our hospitals in such a manner.
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My points weren't explicit.
Firstly, that the hospital was secured by US and other foreign fighters without firing a shot is a pretty good indication Fallujan rebels weren't occupying it. We understand those guys to be die hards and suicidal even; there would have been shots fired if they were there. Plainly the rebels decided beforehand to respect the neutrality of the hospital.
Secondly, when I talk about soldiers actually in the hospital, I quote the US commander who says his men are "defending" it. Embedded reporters are now at the hospital with their military handlers; it's become "secured" turf. The offensive proceeds onwards. It is difficult not to see this hospital as a staging point for attacks - not by Fallujans but by the foreign fighters pouring into Falluja.
You say, "We do not use our hospitals in this manner." and that's true. The Falluja General Hospital doesn't belong to Americans. Neither are Fallujans trying to "secure" your hospitals.
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Originally Posted by Kobuchi
Get it? In your confused efforts to rationalise this, you apologise for barbarism. I don't like them either, and it irks me America has become a champion of terrorist values.
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Originally Posted by Lothar5150
You are very confused about the real world
Watch the Nicolas Berg video and then tell me who the terrorist are.
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I'm sure we agree the thugs who killed that guy are terrorists. However, another's wrong does not make one right.
The worst terrorists are those who use horrible acts against civilians to advance a bloody cause. I have not watched the execution video. Are you going to offer me a link, so I'll feel better about the terror war?