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| Marine Gunned Down On '60 Minutes' |
| 2007-03-19 |
| (via Neal Boortz) Haditha Marine Sergeant Frank Wuterich's trial may be months away, but last night '60 Minutes' reporter Scott Pelley decided to court martial him on national television. It was one of the most outrageous displays of media bias ever. In case your memory needs refreshing, the Haditha incident was a situation in Iraq where a group of Marines, led by Wuterich, cleared a house that they thought was being used by insurgents. It turns out it was occupied by several women and children and all were killed. They've been charged with murder and their trial is expected later this year. Wuterich says he's innocent. That the way he cleared that house was consistent with his training and that if Marines start asking before they shoot, they die. That's war...that's how it works. People die...and sometimes those people are innocent. It's called collateral damage. So anyway, all of this wasn't enough for the smarmy, condescending Scott Pelley on '60 Minutes' last night. He interviewed Wuterich and naturally, immediately took the side of the enemy. Pelley called it a massacre...wrong. A massacre would be walking into a house, ordering everybody out, and shooting them in the head. This was a house-clearing operation, something that's done to root out insurgents in Iraq everyday. But Pelley continued his interrogation of the 25-year-old Wuterich...questioning his actions and mocking him because he hadn't seen combat prior to Haditha. Ironically, with Pelley's interview..he may have created quite a bit of sympathy for Frank Wuterich. Just what we expect from the mainstream media...always blame America first. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #5 This is yet another lesson from WWII that has been forgotten by America. I seem to recall that smear jobs on our troops were not tolerated back then. Some changes are not for the better. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-03-19 15:51 |
| #4 I haven't watched 60 minutes in years and years. Who advertises on the show, anyway? I gotta copy machine and a word processor.... |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-03-19 14:16 |
| #3 I tried to e-mail CBS, but kept getting kicked out. The irony is, CBS ambushed and overwhelmed Wuterich on their turf, in their field of expertise, quite a bit like what they think he did to the Iraqi civilians. The difference is, he's sorry innocents died. CBS is proud of their wackjob. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-03-19 14:10 |
| #2 If these Marine are convicted by a jury of their PEERS, then I'll buy it. Until then, I'm happy to have Marines like this taking the fight to the enemy in crappy little towns like Haditha. Semper Fi, SSgt. |
| Posted by: 0369_Grunt 2007-03-19 13:52 |
| #1 Scott Pelley in effect spit on the Marine and 60 Minutes thought it was a good idea. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-03-19 13:46 |