I was checking the Showcase, and I came across an interesting post on the mosque shooting by bitter anonymous leftist Antitheton of Antitheton.

What intrigued me, and the reason I give him a link when I wouldn't normally give him the time of day, is that he actually gives a decent description of the situation in Fallujah:

Just imagine for a moment being in a battle where the enemy doesn't wear a uniform and is everywhere, and nowhere.

Imagine seeing disemboweled corpses and dismembered limbs lying in pools of bright red blood, covered in maggots and flies.

Imagine the knot in your stomach tightening as the smell of death assaults your nostrils, over and over.

Imagine going from overpowering fear to intense exhilaration and back to paralyzing fear, in moments, knowing that at any time your could be killed or horribly maimed by a suicide bomber, a car bomb, a rocket propelled grenade, a home made mine, or 30 rounds from a AK-47.

He claims this environment doesn't justify popping off a round into a terrorist who's hiding under a blanket playing possum. I think otherwise. We'll just have to wait to see what the Marines say when they finish their investigation.

He finishes off with some standard Bush-hate rhetoric, and laments the fact that the this war has to be fought.

I actually agree with the last half of that sentiment. I'm a peace-loving man myself. I would LOVE to see peace in Iraq. I wish the terrorists would lay down their weapons & go back to their families so we didn't have to fight them anymore. I wish they'd stop all the kidnappings & beheadings.

It's sad, really. They're outmanned & outgunned. They can't win. All they can do is choose between their deaths and adopting the lifestyle of a civilized human being. I sincerely hope it's the latter. I hope that, very soon, they realize that they need to focus their efforts on turning Iraq into an island of freedom and productivity in the Middle East, so that an American presence will no longer be necessary.

Now, about that Geneva Convention thing in the comments:

It only applies to prisoners of war who do battle as part of an organized army. Terrorists don't wear uniforms & they're NOT signatories to the GC.

They deserve nothing. Any air we let them breathe is a gift.

Posted by: Harvey at 06:28 PM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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