Spokane7
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February 3, 2012 in Opinion, Letters
Apology a disgrace
Shame on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta! Did they even ask these young men how long they had been fighting the enemy, how many friends they lost, and what war is? Of course not. They took the enemy’s side and apologized, stating it was over the top!
Clinton and Panetta are a disgrace to our nation (among others). What our brave Marines did was a minor offense; nothing more, nothing less.
The average age of the men and women fighting for us is between 19 and 23 years old. They are constantly defending themselves, doing the job President Barack Obama sent them to do, and trying to stay alive. Psychologically, this affects anyone. Have you ever done something stupid at these ages? Of course you did. I suggest anyone in disagreement go talk to a veteran who has seen combat. You will learn something.
Keep the stupid politicians out of it and let the military handle it. War is hell!
Many thanks to all branches of the military. I pray for you, dead and alive. Land of the free, home of the brave!
Becky Pope
Spokane
Trudy Rubin: Egyptians say no to Islamists 
greenlibertarian on February 03 at 2:42 a.m.
Mindless jingoism. Enormous epic prosecutor failure. President Reagan and the world agreed to the standard of conduct of war. We violated that standard by indiscriminately killing civilians of no threat to us.
Diana on February 03 at 7:10 a.m.
“Keep the stupid politicians out of it and let the military handle it.”
But, Becky dear, the Founders wisely put matters of war and diplomacy in the hands of civilians for a very good reason. If that puzzles you, do a little reading and learn something.
The Marines shown yukking it up while urinating on corpses and you defending it only shows the world we can be as vile and disgusting as anyone else.
Oh, and just so you know, putting a bunch of exclamation points in your letter doesn’t make you appear any smarter.
Orphan on February 03 at 10:19 a.m.
Diana That thin veneer that we talked about the other day wasn’t there that day.
EdubU on February 03 at 12:10 p.m.
Trying to recall when it was Obama sent them into war?? Must have been between 2001 and 2008, that’s it. They were 15.
The_Seer on February 03 at 12:17 p.m.
More doggerel from Becky Pope:
“Leo Lindenbauer (Letters, Nov. 21) obviously does not know freedom comes with a price. As long as there are evil people in the world, we need good people to fight against them.
My grandmother had five sons in World War II. Four came home. My father landed on Utah Beach in Normandy. These were men who knew that freedom comes with a cost.
No, everyone did not lose. Those countries are better off today for what was fought for in World War II. Those men claimed they were not heroes, they were just doing what was asked. They are remarkable.
My brother is a pilot and flies a C-17. I’m very proud he is protecting us and fighting evil.
I suggest to Lindenbauer that if he wants to be a pacifist he live in a country with no freedoms, where they tell you what to do and when to do it and they even control your style of living.
You can take it lying down, Mr. Lindenbauer, but as for the rest of the United States we have to fight so you can be safe!”
jdspokanewa on February 03 at 4:25 p.m.
Sounds like Becky Pope needs to join the military and put her money where her mouth is, but then again they don’t take people that deranged.
99%Progressive on February 03 at 6:33 p.m.
These blatter relieving military dudes represent the United States of America. When they urinated on the enemy, they were urinating in the name of the stars and stripes. We are better than that. (Notice no female personnel were caught….girl power!!!)
I recall how they cheered during 911 and how they hid Osama Bin Laden for years from justice. I remember the Iranians and Carter’s failed Operation Eagle Claw…
I remember how the leaders in Iran, Iraq, Palestine excreta all apologized for the behavior of their radicals hurting our people….no wait I DON”T…..
Anyway we are way better than that…
Maybe we need to bomb another aspirin factory nstead….ahhh the heady days of Monica and Bill….
Go Hillary and Leon!!!
Tell the people who want us dead just how sorry we are!!!
kma on February 04 at 2:58 p.m.
Wow, so 99%Progressive you agree with their behavior, you agree that our Marine’s stoop as low as our enemy? Sorry for you. Did you ever serve our country 99%Progressive? Marines are held to the highest standard and these “boys” as they certainly can’t claim to be “men”, were wrong and they have admitted that. No matter how much you hate someone, to piss on their dead bodies is wrong. We are all of this earth and unfortunately because of religion and radicals (right here in US too) we seem to be pulling away from what really matters and that is for each and every person to be able to live in peace and without religious Persecution. I really don’t care what anyone believes, just don’t try to push your beliefs on me or anyone else.
misjustice on February 06 at 9:56 a.m.
“Just don’t film it, guys.”
Yeah, that’s what brought down the idiots in the prison in Iraq, Abu Ghraib, the film evidence of what they’d done. So, by all means, act in a despicable manner just don’t leave any evidence of it on film or video and *wink*wink*wink* we’re good to go!