From: "John Beamish" 

In fact, aimed fire directed at targets in a designated training zone in
the middle of the night also isn't celebratory fire up into the air. 
Didn't stop the US military then, either.  They're a bunch of cowboys who
know they won't get a punishment harsher than a mild slap on the wrist and
a big wink.

Fact of the matter is:  it isn't the number of incidents that have
occurred; it's the increasing inability of the US to keep them under wraps.
 Another week, another story.

You may, indeed, applaud the achievements of the US military in Iraq by
selectively pointing to their minor accomplishments.  But your failure to
persistently and consistently condemn the behaviour of your troops is a sad
commentary on your analyses.

"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:40adb097$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Aimed fire at ground troops isn't celebratory fire up in the AIR.
>
> And forget about 3:00 AM 80 miles out in the middle of no where.  Exactly
> where a rich popular family would live and plan an easy to get to wedding
> where the kids aren't asleep at 3:00 AM and we don't need to worry about
> waking them with all our gunfire.
>
> Riiiggghhhttt.
>
>

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