Marine in Fallujah

First and foremost, let's review the situation:

Marines seize a mosque of hostile forces. Within minutes of entrance, one Marine is KIA. Why? Because a dead enemy's body was boobytrapped with a hand grenade. So now, not only are these warriors in a tight situation where thinking is not a feasible option given time contraints, but now they are also down by one and aware that their opposing forces MEAN BUSINESS.

So one Marine sees a man playing possum. What would you do if your friend and compatriot had just been killed by someone playing possum. Would you also stick your hand in the fire after watching your buddy burn his hand in it?

If memory serves, this Marine in question also had undergone a head injury and was RTD (Return To Duty) not long before.

To consider this specific situation in and of itself is stupid. We MUST include previous situations, facts and lessons learned, and the overall surrounding atmosphere.

This is WAR. They're not breaking into a mosque for a tea party or to watch the Superbowl. They're breaking into a mosque to find and destroy hostile forces that will attempt to kill people they, you, and I love and hold dear.

However, arguing this point seems almost mute. It's like arguing philosphy or religious liturgy. If you don't believe that the sky is blue, then no amount of proof is going to change your mind if that is what you want to believe. That's what we're dealing with, here.

"I believe the war is wrong, so everything we do is nothing but murder." Well, regardless of extenuating circumstances and situational concerns, that person is going to think that this Marine murdered that Iraqi. Even if the Iraqi is proven to have held some sort of incendiary device or not, that Marine will be considered a murderer.

It isn't facts that are being argued in our society, today. It's belief systems. Reality is dependant on personal ideas. "My reality is different than your reality".

I know that War is a horrible thing. I know because I've been there. But because I've been there, I realize that each action has a consequence and all I want is for that consequence to turn out well for me and my compatriots. Act first and think later.

Would these war nay-sayers have cried a tear over a whole platoon of Marines being blown up because one Marine took pity on an Iraqi? That Iraqi doesn't give a flying rat's behind. HE WANTS US DEAD.

They aren't going to change their minds because we're nice to them. They're going to take advantage of it.

Wake up, America, and put that damned Narcissis Mirror down. Get off that damn pedestal and realize that NOT EVERYBODY LIKES US. And those who don't, want us dead.

But that's okay, right? I mean, some kid comes and steals from my house, but he's just disadvantaged, right? I should just be kind to him and smile and let him steal some more.

America is so naive. And intentionally so.

Hey, if these people want to trust their own children's lives to those terrorists, that's their business; they can go move to Iraq.

Me? I'm going to go back there and defend my daughter's right to live.

I'm going to go fight to defend my daughter's right to live FREE.