9 Americans dead including 4 brutally burned alive and hung!

[Gangerolf]

Tripledoc, lack of central authority may have something to do with it, but it still was mass suggestion IMO. Two or three people couldn't have done it, but a mob could.

[Tripledoc]

Originally posted by Spiffor

I think I see what you mean, but I don't know the story. Care to educate me?

As far as I recall it's a story by Hans Christian Andersen. A chicken in a henhouse loses a feather, 'she' tells that to the next chicken, and the story progresses through the whole henhouse, and it ends up being that five chickens have died, and mass hysteria ensues.

[Spiffor]

Cool story

[Gangerolf]

"one feather grows into five hens" or variations thereof is a proverb I hear quite often. didn't know its origin though.

[Pax]

Originally posted by lord of the mark


Then why hasnt it happened anywhere else in Iraq???

It does not matter why it has not happened elsewhere in Iraq. It's happening in Iraq.

When there was rioting in LA it was a symptom of the problems effecting the whole U.S.

It also shows that enough Iraqi's have a strong enough opinion about the U.S. to take up arms to do something about it.

Mutililation and torture is not something that western societies have not been guilty of in the past century. Why do we hold the Iraqi's to a higher standard?

Why do so many on this site not see that the "insurgent/Terrorist" might see himself in the role of a Patriot to his people?

Also, what methods do you think the Iraqi's can successfully use to fight back?

Prior to the beginning of this war Top military officials were given a viewing of the movie "The battle of algiers" They were told to expect something along the lines of the occurences in that movie. So far this is what we're seeing.

[CharlesBHoff]

I knew this was going to happen. America can win a war fast and with less manpower. But occup is the hard part which take alots of manpower. The NYCPD have maintrain 40000 men police force fo the last 50 years. Hight tech police would mean less police manpower. But there is another part of Police work have enought man walking than beat in certain area can stop criminal actically from takeing place. The financal part of NYC Wall Street on the weekday afew hundred policeman walking around to maintrain security in the area.

[Barinthus]

I only have this to say: Those folks should be thankful that Americans are not using tactics Nazis did whenever one of their own was killed in an occupied country especially in France.

[Guest]

Originally posted by Giancarlo


You shut up. I made a point that not only americans were getting killed, but Iraqis were too. And I'm not talking about just this incident. You maybe you should get into a reading comprehension course?



Same here. You do not have anything of any intelligence to say.

At the risk of getting involved with you fez (its a first for me..., yes im a fez-virgin) let me say this :
Trying to be as objective as possible, I reread the firsts posts a few time and it seems everybody was talking to the particular incident in regards to the nationality of the victims...
So in this regards, Gepap is right...
Of course you have the right to talk about anything you want, but if you dont mention youre changins subject, laughs are expected...

[CharlesBHoff]

Originally posted by DataAeolus
I only have this to say: Those folks should be thankful that Americans are not using tactics Nazis did whenever one of their own was killed in an occupied country especially in France.

It didnot work for the Nazi anyway then and not work for USA.

[Seeker]

WWJD?

What Would Julius Caesar Do in this situation?

[DinoDoc]

Burn the land and salt the earth?

[Tingkai]

It's war, people die, besides, these guys were mercenaries. They chose to be there.

I read an interesting story where a reporter spent some time with these "contractors". For security reasons, when they need to gas up their cars, they'll speed into a gas station and basically take it over by pulling out their guns. The iraqis waiting in line can do nothing, but fume.

The reporter talks about how they're sitting ducks while re-fuelling, but also how they create hatred among the Iraqis.

No wonder the Iraqis were celebrating.

[DinoDoc]

Since when does contractor necessarialy mean merc?

[DinoDoc]

Ted sends his best

Dumbasses,

The part of Iraq where this occured is in one of the hottest of hotspots in Iraq, in the Sunni Triangle.

Certainly this thing is despicable and shocking no matter where it occured.

However there is no doubt in my mind that the Marines and Army are going to come down HARD on whoever did it. There is certainly going to be ALOT of outrage and you can guarantee the response is going to be overwhelming. Those morons called down the fire now they're going to GET IT.

And for whoever said, "they don't like foreigners running their country," well duh, that's the whole point of turning over power back to the Iraqis this summer, and the US will take a supporting role and not an occupying one.

But I'm hoping that Disney is on schedule to launch Epcot Center in Baghdad in August to make some of you happy.

[Dis]

I don't have much to say. just:

stay the course