The media is awash in stories about some Marines who urinated on a pile of dead Afghans. People the world over and our left wing media are enraged. The Commandant of the Marine Corps has stated that when they find these jarheads they are going to swing. Nope, you cannot pee on a dead guy, but apparently it is perfectly fine to kill him first. I ask you, which is worse?
Given the opportunity, I’d opt for the golden shower over a bullet any time. The Afghans would too, if given a chance, but they are dead. Can it be that political correctness cannot make the distinction. Well yes it can. It is typical of the left.
Upon further consideration, I find this bladder-relieving incident beneficial. Doing so made these Marines feel better on several levels. Besides the obvious physical need, it was a morale booster. It was a gutsy in your face kind of thing to do. First, I’ll kill ya and then we’ll pee on ya, Hoorah!Being killed is permanent, often painful and the worst thing that can happen to you. There is no recovery. Being urinated upon is temporary, painless, and only embarrassing until you forget about it. Recovery only requires a bit of soap and water.
Why, therefore, is the left making such a big stink about this.
– Haskell Jaynes, Bend
Editor’s note: Haskell Jaynes is an alias.The author asked that his real name not be published out of fear of reprisal.
This article appears in Jan 19-25, 2012.
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Are you kidding me?
First, and most important, the soldiers should not have been there in the first place; fighting an unnecessary and fabricated war taking trillions of OUR tax dollars which no one seems to admit to and then killing innocent iraqi lives in the process. It’s absolutely disgusting what we have done to these people.
Last, there is absolutely NO excuse for any soldier to urinate on a dead body; that is not grieving. It is disrespect for another human being and they should be tried for it.
The left have nothing to do with it. Period. This is about respect for another human being.
Hey alias Haskell, how do you know the Commandant of the Marine Corps is a “Leftist?” Or for that matter, the Sec of Defense.
I am a retired Marine and I am nothing close to left wing. I find the actions of the Marines deplorable and unprofessional. We win wars by destroying the enemies will to fight. The only thing those Marines did was help prolong the war by pissing off (no pun intended) the enemy even more and helping them recruit more to their side.
Shane – the incident occurred in Afghanistan; not Iraq.
Jaynes’ anger is misdirected. What these Marines did is reprehensible, disgusting, and absolutely uncalled for. His anger is born of frustration over the media’s complicit attitude towards these same taliban barbarians who blow our troops to pieces with hideous homemade bombs everyday. He like many who are outraged at the outrage would feel better if the Muslim community and the media would equally comdemn these cowardly acts of assymetric war against our own.