"Sir, those Iraqi citizens are protesting against our presence here again. We shot a bunch of them last time, when they threw a rock at us.""A rock can be a deadly weapon, soldier! We did what we had to do."
"Sure, sir, but they're out there again, and this time they're throwing shoes too."
"Damn dirty apes! Don't they know about the Adidas Massacre in Colombia last year? Use excessive force and take those bastards out!"
Probably not the conversation that actually took place before the shootings, but just as ludicrous as any I could think of to have justified killing 2 people, and wounding 14 others, simply because they were protesting the US presence.
Posted by Darren James Harkness on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 09:01 AM
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