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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: locogringo who wrote (121747)	1/15/2012 8:17:39 AM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224704

losogringo...maher sounding logical???? Bill Maher, Dana Loesch: Outrage over video allegedly showing Marines urinating on Taliban is overblown Maher's criticism echo CNN contributor and conservative radio host Dana Loesch, who saluted the Marines on her show By Aliyah Shahid / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Saturday, January 14 2012 nydailynews.com Bill Maher wants to know what all the fuss is about. The liberal, HBO comedian argued the outrage over video purportedly depicting four U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters, is being blown out of proportion. Maher called the incident "distasteful" Friday on his "Real Time" show, but added, "A dead body is just, you know a f------ body that's dead and it just doesn't bother me." He also went on to say Americans have committed worse offenses, like torture, and said it depended "what the people they were pissing on did." "If they were real Taliban, if they were people who burned down girls' schools, and, you know, do honor rapes and throw acid in people's faces, I'm not that upset about pissing on them," he said. Maher's criticism echo CNN contributor and conservative radio host Dana Loesch, who saluted the Marines on her show, even adding that would have been willing to join them. "Can someone explain to me if there is supposed to be a scandal that someone pees on the corpse of a Taliban fighter -- someone who as part of an organization murdered over 3,000 Americans," she said on her show. "I'd drop trou and do it too. That's me, though…Come on people this is a war." The defense comes as Afghan and White House officials, including Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have vehemently condemned the video, which surfaced Wednesday. In it, four men in Marine uniforms are seen urinating on three corpses. One of them is heard saying, "have a nice day, buddy." On Friday, the Marine Corps took a step toward possibly charging the U.S. servicemen, whose names have not been revealed. According to Reuters, the Corps. assigned a lead investigator to probe the incident. His job would include deciding what charges, if any would be brought against the men.