An American Marine sings a song about an Iraqi woman. Money quote:
"I grabbed her little sister and put her in front of me. As the bullets began to fly, the blood sprayed from between her eyes, and then I laughed maniacally… Then I hid behind the TV and locked a load in my M-16 and I blew those little
girlsf***kers to eternity."
The Pentagon has condemned it. The crowd of soldiers can be heard cheering. The YouTube version can be found here.
Update: A reader comments:
I’m an American Muslim, and I understand that this is gallows humor. I actually found it kind of funny. That being said, I also believe this doesn’t really reflect well on the quality of our fighting men. I know it is forbidden to criticize soldiers in the new militarized America, but the fact that after three years, our Marine’s inability to speak Arabic is a source of comedy, rather than a source of shame, is well, pathetic.
But hey, when you’re fighting a war of choice and your leaders change justifications like underwear, that’s what you get right? You get the ignorant masses from two nations killing each other out of a misplaced and ginned up hate for one another.
I understand the "Team America" references, I understand the need to let off steam, I know soldiers in previous wars never had to be exposed like this … and yet, it seems more than a little dispiriting that a U.S. Marine is bragging that he can kill two unarmed little girls.
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