Comments on: Another Haditha Marine Exonerated http://noblesseoblige.org/wordpress/2008/06/05/another-haditha-marine-exonerated/ Shadows stand tall at the dusk and the dawn of the day Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:30:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jack Scrugg http://noblesseoblige.org/wordpress/2008/06/05/another-haditha-marine-exonerated/comment-page-1/#comment-7057 Jack Scrugg Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:40:51 +0000 http://noblesseoblige.org/wordpress/?p=2253#comment-7057 After the Haditha incident, it was learned that the IED that blew a US soldier in half, was planted in broad daylight, in plain view of locals who could have acted to preserve life. Soldiers knew that it was triggered locally, thus, hair trigger search and destroy methods against triggermen were if anything, justified by exigencies if not standing orders. In that context, soldiers expect total compliance; non-compliance of any kind - including that of innocents - could result in death or injury. From what I read - and first hand comment has leaked to military blogs - the exercise was operated under SOP standards. Civilians were not massacred in retaliation for the loss of US life. However, the officer in charge reported 8 enemy combatant casualties. That was false, and warranted discipline. A leftwing film group produced a treatment of the incident "The Battle for Haditha", with terrorist assistance, and they concluded that film - which I have seen - with a room full of armed Iraqis shouting "Jihad." The American media serves terror when they repeat enemy propaganda. After the Haditha incident, it was learned that the IED that blew a US soldier in half, was planted in broad daylight, in plain view of locals who could have acted to preserve life. Soldiers knew that it was triggered locally, thus, hair trigger search and destroy methods against triggermen were if anything, justified by exigencies if not standing orders. In that context, soldiers expect total compliance; non-compliance of any kind – including that of innocents – could result in death or injury.

From what I read – and first hand comment has leaked to military blogs – the exercise was operated under SOP standards. Civilians were not massacred in retaliation for the loss of US life. However, the officer in charge reported 8 enemy combatant casualties. That was false, and warranted discipline.

A leftwing film group produced a treatment of the incident “The Battle for Haditha”, with terrorist assistance, and they concluded that film – which I have seen – with a room full of armed Iraqis shouting “Jihad.” The American media serves terror when they repeat enemy propaganda.

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