Guns --- stones --- who cares. I have read some pretty hazy news reports regarding the confrontation between U.S. troops and an Iraqi mob in a town outside of Baghdad. According to American troops, some Iraqis opened fire with AK-47s and American troops returned fire. According to members of the mob, they were only throwing stone at U.S. troops. It strikes me that could pretty much end any required investigation right there -- other than perhaps determining whether or not the response of U.S. troops was excessive. Isn't a stone a lethal attack. Just ask Goliath. And then there is the fact that in some parts of the Arab world they stone people to death. Thus, the throwing of stones at our troops should well trigger self defensive action. Moreover, other reports suggest that some members of the mob simply claim to have not shot first. OK. So you go to an military compound armed with AK-47s with obvious confrontation in mind. I see little reason for sympathy for anyone who would do that, or for any idiot who would decide to be part of such a mob.


- posted by Anonymous @ 12:04 PM