Comments on: Blackwater guards surrender on 14 counts of manslaughter for roles in Iraq shooting. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:14:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: celtic cynic http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5372730 celtic cynic Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:41:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/#comment-5372730 Looks like a new industry is forming: Denial as in the atrocious conduct of the U.S. in the middle east vs the modern revisionist denial of the holocaust. Looks like a new industry is forming: Denial as in the atrocious conduct of the U.S. in the middle east vs the modern revisionist denial of the holocaust.

]]> By: impeachcheneythenbush http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5372580 impeachcheneythenbush Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:39:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/#comment-5372580 Wrong charge. It should be second degree murder: a killing caused by dangerous conduct and the offender's obvious lack of concern for human life. Voluntary manslaughter is: commonly defined as an intentional killing in which the offender had no prior intent to kill, such as a killing that occurs in the "heat of passion." <strong>The circumstances leading to the killing must be the kind that would cause a reasonable person to become emotionally or mentally disturbed</strong>; otherwise, the killing may be charged as a first-degree or second-degree murder. So are they claiming that these mercenaries were emotionally or mentally disturbed at the time of the killings? Seems to me that first definition of murder two fits much better. Wrong charge. It should be second degree murder: a killing caused by dangerous conduct and the offender’s obvious lack of concern for human life. Voluntary manslaughter is: commonly defined as an intentional killing in which the offender had no prior intent to kill, such as a killing that occurs in the “heat of passion.” The circumstances leading to the killing must be the kind that would cause a reasonable person to become emotionally or mentally disturbed; otherwise, the killing may be charged as a first-degree or second-degree murder.

So are they claiming that these mercenaries were emotionally or mentally disturbed at the time of the killings? Seems to me that first definition of murder two fits much better.

]]> By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5372512 Bilbo Hussein Baggins Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:01:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/#comment-5372512 And now our government needs to send them back to Iraq to be tried by them. That's where the crime was committed and those were Iraqi's who were killed. And now our government needs to send them back to Iraq to be tried by them. That’s where the crime was committed and those were Iraqi’s who were killed.

]]> By: A Patriot Acting http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5372456 A Patriot Acting Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:31:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/#comment-5372456 Remember the story of Condi's State Dept promissing immunity from prosecution to these Blackwater thugs? I wonder how that's working out for them: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/29/AR2007102901266.html Remember the story of Condi’s State Dept promissing immunity from prosecution to these Blackwater thugs? I wonder how that’s working out for them:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/29/AR2007102901266.html

]]> By: tegrat http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5372454 tegrat Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:31:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/#comment-5372454 it's the barrel, not the apples (although they should be prosecuted as well) it’s the barrel, not the apples (although they should be prosecuted as well)

]]> By: spencers mom http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5372448 spencers mom Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:30:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/#comment-5372448 Since when does mass murder pass for manslaughter? Watch for pardons for all atrocities committed under this administration. I'm guessing the only reason more pardons haven't been announced is because the attorneys are busy trying to craft language that can't be overturned. Sickening criminals. PEACE Since when does mass murder pass for manslaughter? Watch for pardons for all atrocities committed under this administration. I’m guessing the only reason more pardons haven’t been announced is because the attorneys are busy trying to craft language that can’t be overturned.

Sickening criminals.

PEACE

]]> By: Jackie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5372428 Jackie Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:14:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/#comment-5372428 These men not only killed Iraqis but also American Soldiers too. Check the report of the shooting of Pat Tillman and you'll see the fire came from hired contractors. These men not only killed Iraqis but also American Soldiers too. Check the report of the shooting of Pat Tillman and you’ll see the fire came from hired contractors.

]]> By: tombaker http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5372408 tombaker Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:09:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/#comment-5372408 lock'em up!! lock’em up!!

]]> By: WaltTheMan http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5372402 WaltTheMan Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:04:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/#comment-5372402 Try them in a neutral venue! Iran? Try them in a neutral venue! Iran?

]]> By: Buckie Boy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5372394 Buckie Boy Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:59:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/#comment-5372394 And who authorized them to kill whom ever they thought was a threat to them? Preemptive strike??? Sounds familiar. Trial in the USA so that they get off scott free??? Just like all the criminals in the Bush administration is going to do...get off scott free. And who authorized them to kill whom ever they thought was a threat to them?

Preemptive strike??? Sounds familiar.

Trial in the USA so that they get off scott free???

Just like all the criminals in the Bush administration is going to do…get off scott free.

]]> By: alphainfinityomega http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5372390 alphainfinityomega Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:57:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/#comment-5372390 Hang 'em from the nearest bridge. <strong>¶ AIO</strong> Hang ‘em from the nearest bridge.

¶ AIO

]]> By: IgnoranceIsNotBliss http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5372364 IgnoranceIsNotBliss Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:52:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/#comment-5372364 Why are they being tried in America? Shouldn't they be tried in Iraq? Why are they being tried in America? Shouldn’t they be tried in Iraq?

]]> By: Exit Stage Left http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5372360 Exit Stage Left Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:51:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/#comment-5372360 Perhaps they can serve their sentences in Abu Gharaib (sp?) under the watchful eye of Iraqi guards. Perhaps they can serve their sentences in Abu Gharaib (sp?) under the watchful eye of Iraqi guards.

]]> By: Nevar http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5372342 Nevar Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:45:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/#comment-5372342 Here's hoping the defense calls Donald Rumsfeld to the stand. Here’s hoping the defense calls Donald Rumsfeld to the stand.

]]> By: Leftside Annie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5372332 Leftside Annie Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:42:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/#comment-5372332 Probation and community service, anyone...? Probation and community service, anyone…?

]]> By: Curlew http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5372326 Curlew Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:39:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/#comment-5372326 I guess they aren't among those who were supposed to be greeted as liberators in Iraqnam? I guess they aren’t among those who were supposed to be greeted as liberators in Iraqnam?

]]> By: rastaman http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5372322 rastaman Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:39:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/08/blackwater-charged-iraq/#comment-5372322 SHOULDN'T THEY BE TRIED IN IRAQ? SHOULDN’T THEY BE TRIED IN IRAQ?

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