Reply #83: Several points are in order [View All]

[nadinbrzezinski]

1.- The highway of death nobody did any body counts since this was a MILITARY OPERATION AGAINST MILITARY PERSONNEL WEARING A UNIFORM

2.- After Katrina there were body conts done, by both national and international press, they were not accurate, on purpose, and you are comparing apples and oranges, since last time I checked Katrina was a NATURAL DISASTER not a war zone. By the way, having seen how it is done, do you want me to tell you how you could hide hundreds, if not outright thousands of civilian casualites in an incident like Katrina? By the by, having had had a hand in getting INTERNATIONAL AIDE on teh ground by day three (them Canucks) I do have a clue of what was going on there better than some folks. By day six we even had Mexican troops in country helping, not that most Americans know this... I guess more propaganda, RIGHT? right.

3.- Shwartzie may have told you that it was his decision at Granada, the first place we didn't do body counts, he wasn't high enough in the food chain to make that decision. So he may claim whatever, he wasn't high enough. Have any clue how this works? Free clue, if you are wearing an eagle or a one star on your shoulders you do not make the decision of a three star, which is the pay grade for that one.. as I remember he was a staff officer, therefore in place to MAKE that sugestion though... having a clue how the military works, helps. Oh and taking the blame means the senior officer who actually signed the order had a sacrifical lamb in place for a CYA if it went badly.

Now please show me where in the conventions of war does it say we are rwquired to keep body counts for enemy MILITARY personnel? Have fun looking for them... after all we are required to keep track of every POW... but not the dead, the latter is counsidered a courtesy and why we used to do things like collect dogtags during WW II, turned over to the German military AFTER the end of hostilities.

And do also tell me, where exactly those orders were a war crime, and if you can find a court to even hear the case I will be highly ammused given that the highway of death met every technical definiton of a rout.

As to civilian media doing a body count... given the looting going on in the place, I can see why they were not allowed in... oh and that looting included US troops. But I am sure you will call that propaganda too. Or the fact that some bodies were burned to dust... you do know how high fuel burns, don't you?