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2003-04-21 Iraq

U.S. tank captain unaware of Baghdad media hotel

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Posted by rg117 2003-04-21 10:14 am|| || Front Page|| [11137 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Americans are murderous

Posted by stevey robinson 2003-04-21 12:02:35|| 2003-04-21 12:02:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Mess with us and we will seem to be to the messers (and I am not making a French pun).

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-04-21 12:16:31|| 2003-04-21 12:16:31|| Front Page Top

#3 You cover an active firefight in a declared war zone, you take your own chances. Ask Ernie Pyle.

Posted by mojo 2003-04-21 12:21:11|| 2003-04-21 12:21:11|| Front Page Top

#4 "Americans are murderous
Posted by: stevey robinson "

I can live with that - remember to signal before you change lanes next time.

Posted by flash91 2003-04-21 12:24:45|| 2003-04-21 12:24:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Forget the troll -- didn't it turn out the deaths weren't from the tank shell?

Posted by someone 2003-04-21 22:15:50|| 2003-04-21 22:15:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Then next time string a big banner in neon letters that say PRESS HOTEL.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-04-22 01:03:08|| 2003-04-22 01:03:08|| Front Page Top

#7 Hey stevey--boyee (oops, fergot to capitolize your first name) if you want to know true cold-blooded murderous treachery, just follow us as we escort a convoy of humanitarian relief trucks and the Fedayeen Saddam Death squads hit us. Convoy leaves the A/O, relief not delivered, (civilians don't like to operate in a combat zone) another innocent civilian passes away from lack of food/water/medicine etc. Sucks to be the people on the non-recieving end, but as soon as the Iraqi people eradicate the FSD guys (which is happening as we speak) the flood gates will open for a new life for this once and future great nation. Don't talk unless you have been downtown. Fucking pig.

Posted by Bodyguard 2003-04-21 13:18:25|| 2003-04-21 13:18:25|| Front Page Top

#8 "Americans are muderous"

Yep, and we have tanks. Lots and lots of tanks.

Posted by Shipman 2003-04-21 13:22:15|| 2003-04-21 13:22:15|| Front Page Top

#9 Little Stevey's a bigot. The status-seeker conformist class has been forced by PC to give up racism, at least overtly, but their natural arrogance and prejudice still need an outlet. They would have to face the reality of their own misery and futility otherwise.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2003-04-21 13:29:12|| [www.nuclearspace.com] 2003-04-21 13:29:12|| Front Page Top

#10 Stevey: Ph34r the dawn; you'll petrify if you're outside at sunrise.

Posted by KP 2003-04-21 14:07:32|| 2003-04-21 14:07:32|| Front Page Top

#11 American are murderous.

You shouldn't make us angry, stevie. You wouldn't like us when we're angry.
*sound of shotgun pump action*

Posted by Dar 2003-04-21 14:15:39|| 2003-04-21 14:15:39|| Front Page Top

#12 "Americans are murderous"
Man, I miss Murat. These other trolls are pathetic. I give this rant a 3. No originality, nothing really relevant to the subject matter (it could apply to any story regarding people getting in the way in a war zone), and he can't find the shift key to capitalize his name.
Better luck next time, stevey.

Posted by Baba Yaga 2003-04-21 15:47:08|| 2003-04-21 15:47:08|| Front Page Top

#13 stevey- go play with yourself. If we were really murderous the death toll would be in the hundreds of thousands. Kinda' like Saddam's own record.

Posted by Craig 2003-04-21 16:39:58|| 2003-04-21 16:39:58|| Front Page Top

#14 "Americans are murderous". Reminds me of a line I read in a book about the Vietnam War years ago. Army officer type in SF airport. Woman war protester comes striding up and calls him a murderer. His reply was precious!

"Madam, I am NOT a murderer. I am a killer. I am a trained killer in the service to my country. That's what the military does - it kills people. It kills enemies of the United States of America. The more I listen to you, the more I believe you are one of those enemies."

How can you top that?

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-04-21 16:45:54|| 2003-04-21 16:45:54|| Front Page Top

#15 Pointing things at people in the middle of a firefight ain't to bright.

Posted by raptor 2003-04-22 09:30:38|| 2003-04-22 09:30:38|| Front Page Top

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