No Sir, This Is Not Good

Please read... This is what happens when a purposeless war goes on for too long.

MSNBC: Lawmaker: Marines killed Iraqis ‘in cold blood’-
Navy conducting war crimes probe into November violence in Haditha

A Pentagon probe into the death of Iraqi civilians last November in the Iraqi city of Haditha will show that U.S. Marines "killed innocent civilians in cold blood," a U.S. lawmaker said Wednesday.

From the beginning, Iraqis in the town of Haditha said U.S. Marines deliberately killed 15 unarmed Iraqi civilians, including seven women and three children...

Rep. Murtha has said that these accounts were true. He discussed the story on MSNBC the other day. NBC says military officials told them the evidence backs up this account. “This one is ugly," an official told them. An investigation is ongoing.

Rather than get into a lengthy discussion on this, I'll direct you to Billmon, who shares many of my sentiments on this. Needless to say, "this one is ugly" is an understatement. Glenn Greenwald, meanwhile, explores the reactions from right-wing blogs, who are very angry... not at the possible murder of civilians, but at people like Rep. Murtha for bringing this story to light. Living with ones head in the sand is, apparently, very patriotic.

This war really needs to end soon.

[Knight-Ridder: Pentagon report said to find killing of Iraqi civilians deliberate]