An Unpopular View of HadithaPosted by Kit Jarrell

An Unpopular View of HadithaPosted by Kit Jarrell
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Heidi and I have been watching the Haditha situation unfold, and we’ve held our tongues until now. However, after reading some of the military bloggers’ comments, and seeing the cover-my-ass-in-case-I’m-wrong crap from some other conservative bloggers, I’ve decided I can’t be silent anymore. Our view is unpopular, it’s untolerant, it’s anything but understanding. But it’s realistic. Take it as you will.

A year ago, we watched Ilario Pantano fight to clear his name of ridiculous charges. The idea of putting a Marine on trial for killing the enemy in a time of war is asinine. Haditha, in my opinion, is no different.

Marines are trained to kill. Total demolition and obliteration of the enemy is what they excel at. They are not Air Force technicians. They are not Navy radar operators. They are not hostage negotiators. They are killers, trained to win wars by killing the enemy preemptively, NOT reactively. Battles like Iwo Jima were won because Marines are “bold, bloody, and resolute,” not “understanding, tolerant, and merciful.” The Pacific front of World War II was a filthy, gory, stunningly real display of the realities of war. The Marines lived it, breathed it, slept in it for many, many months on end. They did what they had to do to survive, but more importantly, they did what they had to do to win. Were it not for their courage and their testicular fortitude, we would never have won against the Japanese. That means at this very moment, you would not be free.

What the Left (and other worthless institutions like the UN, etc.) are doing is to force Marines–and every other branch of our military–to fight a war as though it were a rough football match, with rules and penalties and punts from their own end zone if they hurt someone during the game.

Here’s the problem: War is not a game, and by its very nature, it demands that people be hurt.

To paraphrase a great saying, “The more brutal war is, the sooner it will be over.” Once war begins, the only option is absolute and total victory. Total vanquishing of the enemy. There can be no in between, no waffling of purpose, no “playing nice.”

Hat tip to http://tinyurl.com/rdqgs euphoria.jarkolicious.com/ for this

What this article says is more or less what I said several days ago. War my friends is not about rules of engagement, the UCOMJ, or politically correct crap. War is about winning at any cost and making the enemy pay as much of that cost as possible. War is also the most exciting thing you can go with your clothes on and its also the most dangerous.

Remember war is not about morals of any kind! What is moral about killing other human beings? It takes a hard and cold heart to do what must be done. I and others like me who aren't wearing rose colored glasses know we must be hard and cold hearted and that's what it takes to win every time you're at war.

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