My memories of the various Laws of Land Warfare classes I took in Infantry Basic Training, Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Field Artillery Officer Advanced Course, Command and General Staff Officers’ Course and other places may be vague. However, I recall that for combatants to be treated under the rules of the Geneva Convention they had to wear readily recognizable uniforms and/or badges of identification.
Near as I can tell, the terrorist bandit fascists wear regular street clothes and attempt to operate in secret. Seems any and all of them are candidates for a bullet in the head whenever they are identified. Seems like it would be simple to just shoot anyone with a weapon in their hand.
I’m sure I’m missing something here because I’m not a lawyer or UN bureaucrat.
Besides, our men and women in uniform are far too honorable to allow some of these media scum to be murdered. I mean, the MSM doesn’t deserve that, even if they’re uber-biased, anti-American, bigoted, ignorant, blind, unfeeling, moronic,liberal cretins. (I could describe them better, but my thesaurus ran out of accurate adjectives)
Of course, perhaps a few well placed bruises wouldn’t go amiss?
Oh, I *wish* all the embedded reporters had the background, awareness of the Big Picture, and moral character of Col. Ollie North....
The “media’ was well aware of the risks when they started having reporters tag along on missions. The the “media” needs to do is STFU, get the hell out of the way and let our “guys” do their freakin’ job!
PISS ON THE MEDIA!
Barb
Hey Vilmar, you want a little RCOB?
Check out these videos on the Northeast Intelligence Network (http://www.homelandsecurityus.com) website:
http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/Video 2.rm
should read “ % 2 0 2.rm” with no spaces. I can’t figure out this silly code.
and
http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/bagdad20041115.rm
By capturing footage like this the MSM reporters are placing themselves on the side of the enemy. If you are being fired on from combatants on one side of a wall, you don’t have to wait for the camera crew to move before throwing your grenade.
First video was the incident in question. Second is rags shooting at us.
As I remember it, all unit commanders have the right (and many have exercised it) to forbid reporters, embedded or otherwise, from communicating to his men. My CO did, and he forbade us from talking to them.
I urge all NCO’s, and junior and senior officers to run it up your chain of command that you strongly oppose having members of the media placed with your units.
To that Marine I say, “Semper Fi, Devil Dog.” Engage and destroy the enemy with fire and manuever or repel the enemy’s assault with fire and close combat. That’s all you need to do.
General Sherman said it best: “Kill ‘em all, and let God sort ‘em out.”
Have a nice day...carry on…
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