Thursday, January 12, 2012

U.S. Marine Corps Video: desecration of Taliban corpses is ‘utterly deplorable’

By Douglas V. Gibbs

Unbecoming of a United States Marine is the thought that first comes to mind. Understand, these actions do not reflect the overall Marine Corps attitude.  Unfortunately a few bad apples went beyond being stupid by recording their actions.

What we are talking about is the video that has emerged of United States Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban soldiers.  They were in full combat gear, laughing and joking as they urinated on the three dead enemy fighters.

The Obama administration is pretty angry. If this kind of thing happened under Bush's watch, it was all Bush's fault. . . but this kind of thing was not supposed to happen to "The One."

General James F. Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps, said regarding this situation, "The institution of the Marine Corps will not rest until the allegations and the events surrounding them have been resolved. We remain fully committed to upholding the Geneva Convention, the Laws of War, and our own core values."

U.S. military law and the Geneva Convention prohibit the desecration of bodies of people killed in war.

-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary

Panetta: Apparent Marine desecration of Taliban corpses is ‘utterly deplorable’ - Washington Post

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