Comments on: 8 Marines Charged In Haditha Killings

Squad Leader Is Among 4 Charged With Murder; 4 Others Accused Of Failures In Probing Deaths

[dew326]

This is an outrage and should not be aloud to continue. The American Marines and Soldiers are being put in harms way every day. While those of us at home sit on our fat rear ends in comfort and safety passing judgment on them. Most of us know nothing of what these young men and women are going through every hour of the day that they are over there in that God forsaken land. I do not understand a government a that puts them in harms way and apparently expects them to all act like saints, when they are dealing with the spawn of satin who have absolutely no respect for the sanctity of human life.
I could go on and on but the bottom line is we need to get get out of that country and let them kill one and other off. Then when they are done, we can deal with the dregs that remain.

[sherrypage-2009]

This is war. No wonder our troops don't want to be there.. You have to let the enemy kill you or you go to prison for life for killing them. The press shouldn't be over there, they are the reason this stupid was keeps going. Let the soldiers do their jobs. You paint them as being murderers........ THIS IS WAR........ IT'S OK FOR THEM TO KILL OUR SOLDIERS AND BEHEAD PEOPLE BUT THAT'S OK IT'S NEWS TO YOU........THESE ARE OUR KIDS AND IF YOU HAD ANY OVER THERE YOU'D SEE IT FROM A MOTHERS POINT OF VIEW......... THESE SOLDIERS ARE HEROS....... LET THEM ALL GO.......

[Jasonian18]

but int this state i will allow it simply because this is a new warfare these people have got to remember that our guys over there have to deal with children having bombs strapped to them and then worry about each and every kid and person going around them in Iraq they had no idea who could possibly be an insurgent or terrorist bomber therefore unless it can be strictly proved that they did this solely on the idealogy of revenge for their comrad i will vote against them being prosecuted.

[Jasonian18]

I know this is war and everything but this doesn't justify the killing of innocent people and as far as i know Bush doesn't control those soldiers those soldiers made their own decisions and unfortunately have to pay and last i checked Iraq was prosecuting Osama for atrocities also including that of 9/11 so we should try our own men and as for this being Bush's fault for sending them over had Clinton done this awhile ago when he had the information Bush would have never had to make such a move after 9/11 was allowed by clinton's stupidity so blame yourselves you democrat

[annd2302]

Just why does the Iraq population think the United States is in their country? Bottom line to assist in the formulation of a civil socity and government which is fair and equal to all.
What these marines did was what they had been trained to do: responding to a perceived threat with legitimate force. What if the legitimate force was to kill 48 instead of 24, would that change anything? However if legitimate force was to kill just one, would that of been forgotten? Some Iraqis said that American troops should face justice in Iraq for this, is not 140,000 American soldiers facing justice already? Quote from previous comments, %u201CThis is one of several cases of alleged U.S. misconduct to have emerged from the Iraq war and the second time in six months that Pendleton officials have held a press conference to say they are charging their own in allegedly unlawful killings.%u201D Why are own people charging our own military? Did our military train our soldiers to good? WHAT IS GOING ON PENDELTON????? What about our dead soldiers, who stands trial for that? I am a 38 year veteran (just retired) and just about to change my mind and favor the return of all troops to the United States and leave Iraq and all associates to fend for themselves. All this kind of thing does in the eyes of our marines is creating %u201CHesitation%u201D and that hesitation alone is going to get more marines killed, because they were not trained to hesitate.

[ronbraz-2009]

IN WAR THE INNOCENT DIE. IF THEY DON'T WANT US THAN WE SHOULD GET OUT. GIVE THOSE MARINES A MEDAL AND LET THEM GO ON WITH THEIR LIVES.

[iowajaybird]

I get more and more ashamed every day that Bush is in office and this kind of thing is going on. Bush sent our boys over there and he should be punished, not the boys he pushed into killing people.

[sharncedar]

This is like putting the prison guards at Treblinka on trial and letting the architects of the Third Reich go free. These soldiers were put in a situation, being invaders whose cause was false (no WMD's), which must inevitably lead to abusive behavior. The ones who are guilty are the cowardly murderers hiding in the White House. As usual, they have put some middle class American soldiers in their place to suffer and be punished just as they sent other Americans to die in Vietnam while they hid out in some Republican extremist convention.

The longer we let cowardly murderers escape justice, the more of us will die.

[patriotic9]

What about BUSH? Shouldn't he be charged for murders.What about Condi Rice who compared the killing of innocent women,children and elderly people in Lebanon with BIRTH PANG.Marines are charged because they are not the PRESIDENT or SECRETARY OF STATE.

[patriotic9]

What about those insurgents who kill our Marines every day?I never heard of any charge against them.

[mitch0927]

To me the only way to win this war is to get everyone out of that country and the rest just blow them away if necessary.

[randyrba]

This will and should be a disaster for Marine Corps Recruiting. ****Don't Join The Marines*** If you do review the Rules of Engagement in contingency areas that apply to Marines in writing before you join. Caution --- Look at this guy's picture on this web site and tell me if you see a mass murderer or a guy who started out as a whole person and ended up as a shell because of multiple deployments and a disastrous strategy in Iraq.

Some times the gov't will single out a few incidents, call it murder in order to "save face" with the Iraqis or however we are fighting. It's a political thing. It happens in every war. It's just something we have to get used to. These boys can say all they want but it will not carry any weight as they have already been judged.

I do feel sorry for anyone that gets caught up in these political charades, it should never happen

[planotiger]

hambonehd, can't disagree with your comments on the tactics we are facing, but it doesn't excuse murder. if guilty, they will well deserve what they get. if we want to say we are the "good guys" then we have to act like the good guys.

[hambonehd]

What the hell is wrong with this picture??
Our men and woman are being killed everyday over there by cowards hiding behind IEDs and civilians, and we are going to charge them with this??
Sound familar, Viet Nam?

[perception5]

Hey CBS....what happened to the Sandy Berger story.....you guys were the last to post it this morning and it's already gone from your site.
This proves how corrupt our liberal MSM wolfpack is........
........and you call yourself a "news" organization........ let's try liberal "propaganda" organization.....!