So now war is supposed to be "funny" and a "joke"?

Marine sorry for song about killing Iraqis

Wed Jun 14, 4:27 PM ET

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. - A Marine seen in an Internet video singing about killing members of an Iraqi family says the song was a joke.

Cpl. Joshua Belile, 23, apologized and said the song was not tied in any way to allegations that Marines killed 24 unarmed civilians in Haditha last year.

"It's a song that I made up and it was nothing more than something supposed to be funny, based off a catchy line of a movie," he said in Wednesday's Daily News of Jacksonville.

In the four-minute video called "Hadji Girl," a singer who appears to be a Marine tells a cheering audience about gunning down members of an Iraqi woman's family after they confront him with automatic weapons.

Maj. Shawn Haney, a Marine spokeswoman, said Wednesday the Marine Corps was looking into the matter. "The video, which was posted anonymously, is clearly inappropriate and contrary to the high standards expected of all Marines," she said in a statement.

Rest of article here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060614/ap_on_re_us/iraq_marine_video

Bush likes to talk about promoting a culture of life, but clearly his war based on lies has led to a culture of death when someone from our armed forces can make a video that's supposed to be "funny" about killing civilians during wartime.

"pro-life" my ass...

That's a brave Marine, it takes guts to apologize. :toast:

I see a lame explanation.

it's not in the above story, but sometimes stories leave things out...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060614/pl_afp/usiraqmilitarymarines_060614201115

"I apologize for any feelings that may have been hurt in the Muslim community. This song was written in good humor and not aimed at any party, foreign or domestic," he said.

remember when the chimp made the "jokes" about not being able to find the wmds under his desk.

Fight an unjust war for an insane reason and you end up with insane results.

I have been around rescue workers and you do not want to be around us after a nasty Multi Casualty Incident... the foul moutbs and the jokes would make your hair stand on end. This is actually quite standard for people under immense ammounts of pressure. It is just that they usually do not make it to public consumption.

I am sure the Marines would not be looking into it if Haditha had not occured or \ and this gone public. This goes on ALL the time... no not defending it, but I fully undestand it... by the way I don't think you want me to share soem of our jokes after a nasty MCI... away from that setting they are NOT funny.

It's in a different technical environment than ever existed before. For better or worse.

this goes on... and it is part of reality.

Granted, I will NOT post any of them jokes... but you know why... mostly human decency

Yeah, I know the context counts for everything, but still, it was a story about a marine thinking he was going to get some action from a muslim girl only to be ambused by her family. At least thats how I remember it -- its been pulled from youtube.

Its sung to an acoustic guitar almost like a ballad.

Hajji Girl http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2058313056450546087&q=hadji

I was out in the sands of iraq
And we were under attack
And I didn’t know where to go
And the first thing I could see was
Everybody’s favorite Burger King (Burka king?)
So I threw open the door and I hit the floor

Then suddenly to my surprise
I looked up and I saw her eyes
And I knew it was love at first sight

And she said dirka dirka mohammed jihad
Sherpa sherpa akbar allah
Hajji girl I can’t understand what you are sayin'
And she said dirka dirka mohammed jihad
Sherpa sherpa akbar allah
Hajji girl I love you anyway

She said that she wanted me to see
She wanted me to meet her family
But I couldn’t figure out how to say no
Cause I don’t speak arabic
She took me down an old dirt trail
And she pulled up to a shanty
And she threw open the door and I hit the floor

Cause her brother and her father shouted
Dirka dirka mohammed jihad
Sherpa sherpa akbar allah
They pulled out their AKs so I could
And they said dirka dirka mohammed jihad
Sherpa sherpa akbar allah
So I grabbed her little sister and pulled 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 I locked and loaded my M16
And I blew those little fuckers to eternity

And I said dirka dirka mohammed jihad
Sherpa sherpa akbar allah
They should have known they were fuckin' with a Marine