User talk:DDog 3-4

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You can find me at my user page or talk page for any questions. Happy editing, and we'll see ya 'round. Joe I 00:46, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

United States Marine Corps
Hi, DDog. You said: "The article is supposed to highlight Marine Operations and seeing as this incident was limited to a small number of Marines and reflects poorly on the Marine Corps, it seems to me to be superfluous." I don't think Wikipedia is an advertisement space for the Marine Corps, in such a way that events that refect poorly on the Corps should be left out, even if they are limited. In a balanced encyclopedia, both positive and negative facts should be highlighted. I also think that the Haditha massacre and the killing of 24 unarmed citizens can't be categorized as "superfluous". Riki 08:21, 3 June 2006 (UTC)