> No matter where you stand on the war, think carefully before you come
> out publicly in support of these particular Marines in this particular
> incident

> "They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for
> one's country. But in modern war there is nothing sweet nor
> fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good." reason.
> ~ Ernest Hemingway
>
> Re Marines on trial for murder in Iraq:

>> No matter where you stand on the war, think carefully before you come
>> out publicly in support of these particular Marines in this particular
>> incident

>
> Just a temporary problem. The Marines may be found guilty and may even
> be sentenced to life in prison. However, after a short visit to prison,
>
> for publicity's sake, the president will pardon the men and they will
> be returned home to a parade down mainstreet. It's the whistleblowers
> that will be remembered and suffer the wrath of jingo Americans.
>
> "Every patriot believes his country better than any other country
> . . . In its active manifestation-it is fond of killing-patriotism ...