JohnRich 4 #51 April 25, 2005 QuoteUnfortunately, logic and reason won't put out the already flaming anti-US sentiments in Italy. It'll be just another excuse for people to protest. Remember, just like it is easy for people to blame drugs and guns for crime, it is easy for people to blame the US instead of looking at their own mistakes. Update: the investigation report is in: U.S. investigators have found that American troops who shot dead an Italian agent at a Baghdad checkpoint on March 4 committed no wrongdoing and will not be disciplined, an Army official said... "The soldiers were only complying with the standard operating procedures for those checkpoints, so therefore are not culpable to dereliction of duty (charges)," the Army official said. "Everybody feels terrible about it. But given the climate and the security atmosphere, the security procedures at the checkpoint operations have to be run by the letter." Source: Reuters Shucks, another good U.S.-bashing opportunity destroyed by facts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trent 0 #52 April 26, 2005 QuoteU.S. investigators have found that American troops who... I just wanted to highlight those things so that the America bashers have to do even less work when figuring out how to keep the rage going. It also shows how predictable some of them will be. It's good to know, like many of us said, these guys were not out for blood, but merely doing their jobs. Tragic. But some people will refuse to see that anyway...Oh, hello again! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rasmack 0 #53 April 26, 2005 QuoteQuoteU.S. investigators have found that American troops who... I just wanted to highlight those things so that the America bashers have to do even less work when figuring out how to keep the rage going. (Yawning) I think you are beating the crap out of a dead horse here. None of us were there, and we will never know what happened. End of story. Example (cnn) Quote Berlusconi, who denounced the shooting, has said that according to information from the person driving the car, the vehicle was traveling at a low speed and braked very swiftly when a light shone on it. ... News reports in Italy said officials there do not agree with the findings, the AP reported. Shall we all stop the cherry picking now?HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trent 0 #54 April 26, 2005 Like money in the bank!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, hello again! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rasmack 0 #55 April 27, 2005 HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
