Haditha Marine says would make same decision again (Reuters)

Eugene

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Haditha Marine says would make same decision again (Reuters)

Haditha Marine says would make same decision again
15 Mar 2007 20:52:03 GMT
Source: Reuters

NEW YORK, March 15 (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine charged with murdering
18 unarmed civilians in Haditha, Iraq, said in an interview with CBS's
"60 Minutes" he regretted the deaths but would make the same decisions
today.

Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich admitted shooting five unarmed Iraqi men in
the back in the interview and said his actions were justified because
he believed the men had hostile intent toward the Marines.

"There is nothing that I can possibly say to make up or make well the
deaths of those women and children, and I am absolutely sorry it
happened that day," Wuterich said.

"What I did that day, the decision that I made, I would make those
decisions again today. Those are decisions that I made in a combat
situation and I believe I had to make those decisions."

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Full article: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N15471298.htm

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youngdem

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Thu Mar-15-07 04:22 PM
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1. What an asshole...May he rot in hell

War makes monsters of our children. There is no glory in killing innocents in anger.

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maddezmom

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Thu Mar-15-07 04:23 PM
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2. he's being honest...more than I can say for the idiots that sent him there

not sure what else to say, he is responsible for his actions and he's taking responsiblity. :( My hatred is for the assholes that put him there and continue to add to the numbers. :mad:

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wtmusic

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Thu Mar-15-07 04:26 PM
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3. He's an unrepentant murderer

and cold-blooded murder has nothing to do with the people who sent him there.

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The_Casual_Observer

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Thu Mar-15-07 05:06 PM
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4. "Let Freedom Reign!"

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Ron Green

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Thu Mar-15-07 05:08 PM
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6. It's on the march, too.

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The_Casual_Observer

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Thu Mar-15-07 05:11 PM
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8. Killing children & women is hard work too.

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Disturbed

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Thu Mar-15-07 05:11 PM
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7. He was trained to kill people.

He carried out his training. Women and children are the enemey in Iraq according to him.

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HiFructosePronSyrup

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Thu Mar-15-07 05:08 PM
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5. Where are the death penalty advocates now?

The ones that brag about how they'd like to perform the execution personally?

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uppityperson

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Thu Mar-15-07 05:12 PM
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9. "I'm sorry *it* happened" but "I would do it again".

He would shoot unarmed men in the back again? This is a "combat decision"? Am I missing a point here?

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NNN0LHI

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Thu Mar-15-07 05:20 PM
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10. How would you like to have this old boy move in next door to you and your family?

Edited on Thu Mar-15-07 05:38 PM by NNN0LHI

I would have a FOR SALE sign up the same day he move in.

Don

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Bucky

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Thu Mar-15-07 05:39 PM
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11. Nnoli, he does live next door to you.

Where do you think they get young men like this, the zoo? This is the same monster that lurks in all of us--the same monster you would turn to if you had to protect your own child. These atrocities don't just happen because the wrong guy got into the right uniform. They're inevitabilities that we bank on not happening too much whenever old men decide to send young men out to get some more oil.

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gratuitous

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Thu Mar-15-07 05:44 PM
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12. Speak for yourself, please

You don't know me and to shrug off this fellow's "I'd do it again" self-justification with "this same monster lurks in all of us" is simply nonsense. If you have that "monster" lurking inside you, the one that would shoot nine men in the back because you're feeling some vague sense of threat or you can stretch this to cover "protecting your own child", then God help you. I wouldn't want you moving into my neighborhood, either.

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