Marine meant no disrespect

[Supercharts]

Cpl. Edward Chin told the press that he meant no respect to the Iraqi people when he put the American flag on Sadam's statue.

"They wanted a flag on his head, the American flag," Chin said. "They brought it up to me and I put it on there for a brief moment.

"The Iraqi crowd, they were egging us on," he said. "They were happy to see us do it. We took it down after a brief moment and put their flag up."

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/04/10/sprj.irq.chin/index.html

[Martin]

Originally posted by Supercharts
Cpl. Edward Chin told the press that he meant no respect to the Iraqi people when he put the American flag on Sadam's statueRecorded for posterity :p

[Tmy]

I wonder if the flag police will chastise him for improper use ofthe flag?

I didntthink it was all that improper. BUT it is being used by arab media as proof of US imperialism. That and the photos of troops loungeing in Sadams living room.

[hgc]

Tmy:

I didntthink it was all that improper. BUT it is being used by arab media as proof of US imperialism. That and the photos of troops loungeing in Sadams living room.
Overemphasis on symbolism. Who thinks that some Marine corporal is disseminating U.S. policy toward Iraq?

[whitefork]

Originally posted by Tmy
I wonder if the flag police will chastise him for improper use ofthe flag?

I didntthink it was all that improper. BUT it is being used by arab media as proof of US imperialism. That and the photos of troops loungeing in Sadams living room. With one guy reading Hustler - cover clearly visible in the picture. They didn't say if it was from Saddam's personal stash.

[Reginald]

Originally posted by whitefork
With one guy reading Hustler - cover clearly visible in the picture. They didn't say if it was from Saddam's personal stash.

Yeah it was Saddam's, its the March Iraqi issue,

I think the best secion is the Baath Party readers wives bit.

very norty

:o

[Richard G]

Who thinks that some Marine corporal is disseminating U.S. policy toward Iraq?

I think one Marine with an M16, and a full combat load can disseminate a HELLUVA lot of U.S. policy towards Iraq. Ha Ha!

If he'd climbed up there to burn a U.S. flag, no one would have said a frigging word.

Originally posted by Richard G


I think one Marine with an M16, and a full combat load can disseminate a HELLUVA lot of U.S. policy towards Iraq. Ha Ha!

If he'd climbed up there to burn a U.S. flag, no one would have said a frigging word.

Heh. I read this, and see the title 'Critical Thinker' under the username, then read it again, then see the title...

[Q-Source]

Originally posted by Estimated Prophet


Heh. I read this, and see the title 'Critical Thinker' under the username, then read it again, then see the title...

Don't judge people from their titles... :cool:
It says nothing about them.

The fact is that iraqi people are happy to be free from a dictatorship but many of them still despise the "western boys".

Lets hope that the UN takes control of the situation now.

[Segnosaur]

Originally posted by Q-Source

Lets hope that the UN takes control of the situation now.
Why? Is there something that France needs to veto?

[Tmy]

Sorry UN is not allowed to play. ITS ALL PART OF BUSHS PLAN!!! He played them like a banjo! He never wanted them involved. he was glad they were set to veto. Then we could dump them overrun Iraq and take it for the US! FOOLS!!!! Now all we have to do is get rid of the Brits. The Oil will be all ours! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! (evil laugh)

[Q-Source]

Originally posted by Tmy
Sorry UN is not allowed to play. ITS ALL PART OF BUSHS PLAN!!! He played them like a banjo! He never wanted them involved. he was glad they were set to veto. Then we could dump them overrun Iraq and take it for the US! FOOLS!!!! Now all we have to do is get rid of the Brits. The Oil will be all ours! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! (evil laugh)

Don't tell me, you are from the USA

How predictable and "brilliant" you guys are :rolleyes:

[DrBenway]

Originally posted by Q-Source
Lets hope that the UN takes control of the situation now.
Some Iraqis are pissed with the Germans, French, etc., for opposing the war (note the looting of the German Embassy).

I anticipate that Iraqis will welcome UN humanitarian aide. But they may be wary of UN political authority.

[Segnosaur]

First, Q-sourse posted:


Lets hope that the UN takes control of the situation now.


And then I responded:

Originally posted by Segnosaur

Why? Is there something that France needs to veto?

You know, I think I was wrong to dismiss the U.N. so quickly. I think they would be a great help. For example:

- Now that there is no working government in Iraq, someone needs to 'officially' surrender. I think the French would be a great help in that.

- Now that much of Iraq's infrastructure is gone, they will need to rebuild. And who better to help them than the Russians, who showed their great technical prowness in helping the Iraqis install jamming devices during the war

- Of course, we have to ensure that human rights are respected. So, Libya, as head of the Human rights committee in the UN, can help oversee that people are not oppressed

- Many of the nations of the UN are from Africa. These countries are so well run, they can afford to help provide food aid and other assistance while Iraq rebuilds

[Reginald]

Yes we could get Guinea, Angola and Cameroon to help them stamp out corruption!! Great idea!

[Supercharts]

"The Burmese army isn't part of the coalition either, but CNN notes that Cpl. Edwin Chin, the Marine who briefly hung the American flag from the Pentagon over the face of a statue of Saddam Hussein, is a Burmese-American, born a week after his mother, Nai Koon Chin, immigrated to the U.S. in 1980. "We like our children have a good life, good schools," Mrs. Chin tells CNN. "We want American freedom. Now Edward bring American freedom."

CNN

[specious_reasons]

Too much is being made of this. A Marine got a little enthusiastic. That's it.

I was just glad they took off the Iraqi flag before they pulled the statue down. Oversensitive types would have had a field day.