Is this what we are fighting for?

Question

http://movies.crooksandliars.com/Aegis-PSD.wmv

Watch the movie and you tell me.

Fu cking Republicans don't read, now they don't even watch a 3 minute video. Way to go and shrug off that ignorant stain that is your party.

Man these fu cking hypocritical christians are killing this country. How is this good you anti-Americans you traitors of American values.

This is a link to the contract workers shooting at innocent Iraqi's

Answer 1

Articles of Impeachment

of

President George W. Bush

and

Vice President Richard B. Cheney,
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, and
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. - - ARTICLE II, SECTION 4 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard B. Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have committed violations and subversions of the Constitution of the United States of America in an attempt to carry out with impunity crimes against peace and humanity and war crimes and deprivations of the civil rights of the people of the United States and other nations, by assuming powers of an imperial executive unaccountable to law and usurping powers of the Congress, the Judiciary and those reserved to the people of the United States, by the following acts:

1) Seizing power to wage wars of aggression in defiance of the U.S. Constitution, the U.N. Charter and the rule of law; carrying out a massive assault on and occupation of Iraq, a country that was not threatening the United States, resulting in the death and maiming of over one hundred thousand Iraqis, and thousands of U.S. G.I.s.

2) Lying to the people of the U.S., to Congress, and to the U.N., providing false and deceptive rationales for war.

3) Authorizing, ordering and condoning direct attacks on civilians, civilian facilities and locations where civilian casualties were unavoidable.

4) Instituting a secret and illegal wiretapping and spying operation against the people of the United States through the National Security Agency.

5) Threatening the independence and sovereignty of Iraq by belligerently changing its government by force and assaulting Iraq in a war of aggression.

6) Authorizing, ordering and condoning assassinations, summary executions, kidnappings, secret and other illegal detentions of individuals, torture and physical and psychological coercion of prisoners to obtain false statements concerning acts and intentions of governments and individuals and violating within the United States, and by authorizing U.S. forces and agents elsewhere, the rights of individuals under the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

7) Making, ordering and condoning false statements and propaganda about the conduct of foreign governments and individuals and acts by U.S. government personnel; manipulating the media and foreign governments with false information; concealing information vital to public discussion and informed judgment concerning acts, intentions and possession, or efforts to obtain weapons of mass destruction in order to falsely create a climate of fear and destroy opposition to U.S. wars of aggression and first strike attacks.

8) Violations and subversions of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, both a part of the "Supreme Law of the land" under Article VI, paragraph 2, of the Constitution, in an attempt to commit with impunity crimes against peace and humanity and war crimes in wars and threats of aggression against Afghanistan, Iraq and others and usurping powers of the United Nations and the peoples of its nations by bribery, coercion and other corrupt acts and by rejecting treaties, committing treaty violations, and frustrating compliance with treaties in order to destroy any means by which international law and institutions can prevent, affect, or adjudicate the exercise of U.S. military and economic power against the international community.

9) Acting to strip United States citizens of their constitutional and human rights, ordering indefinite detention of citizens, without access to counsel, without charge, and without opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge the detention, based solely on the discretionary designation by the Executive of a citizen as an "enemy combatant."

10) Ordering indefinite detention of non-citizens in the United States and elsewhere, and without charge, at the discretionary designation of the Attorney General or the Secretary of Defense.

11) Ordering and authorizing the Attorney General to override judicial orders of release of detainees under INS jurisdiction, even where the judicial officer after full hearing determines a detainee is wrongfully held by the government.

12) Authorizing secret military tribunals and summary execution of persons who are not citizens who are designated solely at the discretion of the Executive who acts as indicting official, prosecutor and as the only avenue of appellate relief.

13) Refusing to provide public disclosure of the identities and locations of persons who have been arrested, detained and imprisoned by the U.S. government in the United States, including in response to Congressional inquiry.

14) Use of secret arrests of persons within the United States and elsewhere and denial of the right to public trials.

15) Authorizing the monitoring of confidential attorney-client privileged communications by the government, even in the absence of a court order and even where an incarcerated person has not been charged with a crime.

16) Ordering and authorizing the seizure of assets of persons in the United States, prior to hearing or trial, for lawful or innocent association with any entity that at the discretionary designation of the Executive has been deemed "terrorist."

17) Engaging in criminal neglect in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, depriving thousands of people in Louisiana, Mississippi and other Gulf States of urgently needed support, causing mass suffering and unnecessary loss of life.

18) Institutionalization of racial and religious profiling and authorization of domestic spying by federal law enforcement on persons based on their engagement in noncriminal religious and political activity.

19) Refusal to provide information and records necessary and appropriate for the constitutional right of legislative oversight of executive functions.

20) Rejecting treaties protective of peace and human rights and abrogation of the obligations of the United States under, and withdrawal from, international treaties and obligations without consent of the legislative branch, and including termination of the ABM treaty between the United States and Russia, and rescission of the authorizing signature from the Treaty of Rome which served as the basis for the International Criminal Court.

Answer 2

I won't defend contractors, they are not the military & not fighting for our mission. They are mostly body guards protecting civilian reconstruction workers or diplomats, and are not governed by the same rules as the military. They'd be governed by much stiffer Iraqi law & the Iraqis should prosecute them if there is wrong doing.

That said, it does appear they are being pursued by multiple cars at high speed in the first shot, and in the third it appears they take fire from an AK47 (thats the deeper sound & impacts on the dirt shoulder). I'd have guessed most of this was warning shots as I see no impacts till the final shot, where those would not have hit a passenger, and the video cuts off before you can tell what is really going on. Throughout they do talk repeatedly (under the music) about being chased & trapped by traffic ahead.

I really can't tell what's going on here. If they were trying to prevent attack/kidnap with mostly warning shots then that's their job. If they are actually shooting at innocent civilians then string them up cause they make everyone look like criminals. I would again though note that contractors are not the military. They have nothing to do with the military mission or what we're fighting for, and they are not answerable to the same rules as our troops. Do not make the mistake of confusing the two things.

Answer 3

I brought this up earlier, too. It is a British company, yet the right wing (on this site) claims that it is American Left propaganda. Did I miss something, there? Anyway, I find the actions abhorrent, regardless of who is doing the shooting, innocent people are being killed!

"While an internal investigation has been ordered by Aegis CEO Tim Spicer, a company statement has clarified that opening fire on civilian vehilces is "under certain circumstances" in conformity with the Rules of Engagement:
Rules of Engagement allow for a structured escalation of force to include opening fire on civilian vehicles under certain circumstances."
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20051204&articleId=1402

Answer 4

Just listen the the above answers. Americans are so clueless. They don't know the crimes that are being commit ed in their name. The can't see the reality and Truth even when it hits them in the face. What a sorry excuse for humanity. Murder commit ed in my name using my tax dollars. Supporting and justifying it with lies. The whole world knows Americans are not smart enough to see the truth. They are good at being brainwashed everyday by TV. Internet and the movies..oh and lets not forget the just and wonderful talk radio. People in Sari Lanka have More wits than Americans!!!

Answer 5

I'm not sure who that was doing the shooting, but no, that's not what we're fighting for. We fight to keep America free. If there are
idiots out there shooting people, then we have police and FBI to help us get them off the streets. In Iraq, they had no one, until we told them we would help them get rid of the terrorists. There will
always be unjustices in the world, but standing by and letting it
happen never solved anything. To keep America free we must remain steadfast and strong. To cut and run because a few people think it's not worth it would be putting America more at risk than before 911.

Answer 6

What, a bunch of jerks shooting their guns out a window. That's seems to be the simple reason we invaded Iraq. Their never were WMD and the Bush Adm. didn't care about the true. They only wanted to get a few oil pumps going for their big corporate buddies. The was no noble cause for Bush's actions and now everyone suffers.

Answer 7

What is it? Can you supply some context for this clip? This could be anything from a video from a unit in Iraq to a audio-visual high school project.

Answer 8

i just pity the iraqis.
whoever did it, will get what they deserved.
America, WAKE Up.but i think most Americans know whats going on, and so it is not fair to say that all Americans were agreed when the war against iraq is declared.

Answer 9

I just watched the movie. LOOK, war is hell, freedom is not
free, sometimes you take the good with the bad. Sounds
trite because it is, and its also true.
I Corinthians 13;8a, Love never fails!!!

Answer 10

no, we are fighting because we believe that everyone should be free. Since there was a dictator, the Iraqis were obviously not free.

Answer 11

im not even sure what that video was about