Where was the outrage during the CNN "Fit to Kill" segment???

[gatorboy]

I'm not sure if this link has the video:

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/presents/index.fit.to.kill.html

But I do remember when it aired. Several soldier's shot a wouded Iraqi who crawled for his life. Afterwards I remember alot of cheering over this, in the video.

Here's a transcript from the incident:

http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0310/26/cp.00.html
<snip>
RIDDLE: One of my guys got up on his hood and took the first guy out, shot him right in the heart. And he dropped instantly.

CROWLEY: Wounded, another Iraqi writhes on the ground next to his gun. The Marines kill him -- then cheer.

RIDDLE: Like, man, you guys are dead now, you know. But it was a good feeling.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Fire!

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yeah!

CROWLEY: When the battle is over and you are still standing, the adrenalin rush is huge.

RIDDLE: I mean, afterwards you're like, hell, yeah, that was awesome. Let's do it again.
<snip>

The video during this CNN broadcast seems just as bad as what is being aired now, so where was the outrage then? Was the media too gung-ho about the war to make a stink about it?

[wtmusic]

1. Sick frame of mind

We have to rein this shit in. There is no code of honor in the military anymore.

[jdj]

2. I didn't hear much when CNN filmed the soldiers

shooting the little shepherd boy Azzizila either.

The shots scared away their herd of sheep and now the family has no income. I haven't heard whether Azzizila lived through his injuries or not.

This was an imbedded reporter following a unit, and they showed the shooting of Azzizila on the air. It was fucking sickening disgusting reality tv. I can't believe CNN even aired it. So they race across the sand expecting to find and terrorist and instead find a 12 year old shepherd boy laying on the ground unable to move. He is alive. The soldier who fired the shot refused to be interviewed on air.

The lack of outrage shows how few people watch CNN or the cable shows.

[sce56]

3. They lost control over this awhile back

When the Attorney General Nominee said we don't need to follow the Geneva Conventions!!!!
See gunship video from Dec 03
http://www.fpp.co.uk/online/04/05/Helicopter_attack_Fisk.html


http://web.archive.org/web/20030402135135/

[cubsfan forever]

4. Good point. Great pics! n/t

Professor 2