RE: http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,155074,00.html

Perhaps we have been looking at the wrong thing all along. Is the issue that these mercenaries say "yes sir" when theyre ordered to run someone off the road or kill them in cold blood, or is the real issue that this is what is demanded of them by the "diplomats" they are protecting?

so I guess this is a way to go after the bigger fish, the lunatics that made reckless driving and murder in response to a traffic jam into a policy and enforced it.

the same thing was going on just before the french revolution, nobles would barrel around, running over little kids. the french didnt take too kindly to that. so the question is, are these just run of the mill idiots that never read a history book? or dangerous madmen that are deliberately pushing the iraqi's into an insurgency to achieve the maximum gain for their host nation?

paranoid delusion, I hope. either way, people are dead just so some putz could go to a meeting.

WHY NOT GIVE THE SAME IMMUNITY TO THE ONES THAT RISK THEIR LIVES TO SAVE THE DIPLOMATS, AS WE DO WHEN WE PROVIDE DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY TO ALL DIPLOMATS NO MATTER WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. VETS
PLEASE CHECK OUT MY WEB SITE FOR VETS. MY
URL IS: http://oneshotonekill.org/page1.aspx

yea they should not defend themselves they should just let the terrorist take the diplomats they are protecting and kill the bw guys off...

yep, US forces have immunity from the Iraqi's, in favor of being tried under the UCMJ. no one, no where should be getting away scott free.

the terrorists? so driving a car makes you a terrorist now? this was unprovoked. there was no returning fire or vehicles driving menacingly (they were 50 yds away).

unbelievable

granted immunity AHEAD of the investigation

just perfect

Like in Haditha, we'll all have a better idea of what that day was like for the brave men of Blackwater, looking down the barrels at the faces of evil, without any armchair q'backs second guessing them.

Hooo-haw!

i am a ret.army and civ.dumb old country boy
living out my days in n.c.but something is badly wrong with our country,s way of thinking.
let them have immunity and our troops get punish
for doing the wrong things at times.this don,t
make any sense to me at all. Wake up leaders of our great country and look around you.i beleive you think this,but are to weak to say something about this?

The comment that caught my attention in this article was that the Iraqi Government was infuriated by this decision. Well I am infuriated about the fact that the Iraqi Government can't even take control of their own d**n country. I could care less what offends the Iraqi's. I care about our troops and only our troops.

quote:

I could care less what offends the Iraqi's. I care about our troops and only our troops.

Couldn't have said it better myself . ..

quote:

Originally posted by sgttwk:
The comment that caught my attention in this article was that the Iraqi Government was infuriated by this decision. Well I am infuriated about the fact that the Iraqi Government can't even take control of their own d**n country. I could care less what offends the Iraqi's. I care about our troops and only our troops.

offend? this is cold blooded murder.

You a member of the Armed Forces? You sworn to defend and uphold the Constitution of the United States of America? Read it, take note of all the places it says "people" and understand that iraqi's are people too. America is a better country than all others on account of how we treat people.

No one knows that for sure. I have read three different reports on this incident and each report tells a different story. I'll wait until the FBI has finished with the investigation before I make a comment on what happened since I wasn't there.

quote:

Originally posted by GRR2841:
yep, US forces have immunity from the Iraqi's, in favor of being tried under the UCMJ. no one, no where should be getting away scott free.

the terrorists? so driving a car makes you a terrorist now? this was unprovoked. there was no returning fire or vehicles driving menacingly (they were 50 yds away).

If the object of the investigation is to find out what happened and why, and not to incarcerate the offenders, then blanket immunity will hasten the discovery process and lead to better information. I expect that anyone caught lying or witholding information, after this grant of immunity has been issued, should face criminal prosecution.

i find it interesting... Blackwater is protecting the general in the Army that was injured yesterday. Why not have the Army protect their own General? This really confused me... Soon military will be uprooted. I do feel that Blackwater should come under the same rule of engagement and procution potential as our Guys and Gals in uniform!

quote:

Originally posted by qsam6:
No one knows that for sure. I have read three different reports on this incident and each report tells a different story. I'll wait until the FBI has finished with the investigation before I make a comment on what happened since I wasn't there.

quote:

Originally posted by GRR2841:
yep, US forces have immunity from the Iraqi's, in favor of being tried under the UCMJ. no one, no where should be getting away scott free.

the terrorists? so driving a car makes you a terrorist now? this was unprovoked. there was no returning fire or vehicles driving menacingly (they were 50 yds away).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wh2HF03qYs

and now you know. ok different incident, same blatant disregard for human life, unprovoked.

That was Aegis, not BW. Maybe you should send that video to the FBI, it will really help them with their BW investigation.

quote:

Originally posted by GRR2841:

quote:

Originally posted by qsam6:
No one knows that for sure. I have read three different reports on this incident and each report tells a different story. I'll wait until the FBI has finished with the investigation before I make a comment on what happened since I wasn't there.

quote:

Originally posted by GRR2841:
yep, US forces have immunity from the Iraqi's, in favor of being tried under the UCMJ. no one, no where should be getting away scott free.

the terrorists? so driving a car makes you a terrorist now? this was unprovoked. there was no returning fire or vehicles driving menacingly (they were 50 yds away).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wh2HF03qYs

and now you know. ok different incident, same blatant disregard for human life, unprovoked.

They are nothing but a group of High Paid bandits. This must stop. Law & Order must prevail! Let get back to what is Right & Wrong!

I wish folks would get this upset when insurgents or AQ in Iraq do their dastardly deeds.

quote:

Originally posted by 67NOV:
I wish folks would get this upset when insurgents or AQ in Iraq do their dastardly deeds.

yea no joke... kind of makes one wonder about some of them....

I forgot to mention, Aegis is British and is not governed by the U.S. If they want to shoot everything they see, the U.S. has no control over it.

quote:

Originally posted by qsam6:
That was Aegis, not BW. Maybe you should send that video to the FBI, it will really help them with their BW investigation.

quote:

Originally posted by GRR2841:

quote:

Originally posted by qsam6:
No one knows that for sure. I have read three different reports on this incident and each report tells a different story. I'll wait until the FBI has finished with the investigation before I make a comment on what happened since I wasn't there.

quote:

Originally posted by GRR2841:
yep, US forces have immunity from the Iraqi's, in favor of being tried under the UCMJ. no one, no where should be getting away scott free.

the terrorists? so driving a car makes you a terrorist now? this was unprovoked. there was no returning fire or vehicles driving menacingly (they were 50 yds away).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wh2HF03qYs

and now you know. ok different incident, same blatant disregard for human life, unprovoked.

quote:

Originally posted by 67NOV:
I wish folks would get this upset when insurgents or AQ in Iraq do their dastardly deeds.

i dont suppose you ever spent time as a child investigating a hornets nest? poke it with a stick, get stung, throw a rock at it, get stung.

how long is it going to take you to figure out that murdering iraqis in cold blood results in otherwise normal people going off the deep end and joining insurgencies, which then kill Americans. once you grasp that, you understand that killing the iraqis that are innocent is just as bad as killing Americans.