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BBC NEWS | Americas | Marine sorry for Iraq deaths song

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, which highlighted the song, welcomed his apology.

It added that the "inappropriate actions of a few individuals should not be allowed to tarnish the reputation of all American military personnel."

Video: Cpl. Joshua Belile - Hadji Girl--Blogs of War

Insensitive? Marines insensitive? God I hope so. We need them to kick ass and follow orders but we don’t need them to be particularly sensitive. A sensitive Marine Corps will be the death of this country.

This video is black comedy. It’s what you’d expect from guys who face IEDs, mortar attacks, gunfire. Men who’ve seen friends die. You can find it in any army or for that matter any profession that is dangerous or emotionally difficult. Cops, firemen, nurses, and doctors do it too. CAIR and the Marines, the Marines especially, should know this. In fact they do understand. That doesn’t stop them from playing the game though.

"HADJI GIRL" MARINE: EXONERATED

By

Michelle Malkin


· June 27, 2006 02:41 PM

I talked last night with Marine Josh
Belile, who was targeted by the Haditha exploiters at CAIR for a
satirical song he sang to the troops. He has been exonerated and asked me to post his statement:

It's good to be able to breathe again. I have had a lot of
support since this all began, and I want everyone to know that I've
read every e-mail, and every message that came my way, and out of
nearly 1300 messages, I had one single message that was negative. I can
definitely say that this could have been a blessing in disguise. Before
this all began, not many people knew of my band, The Sweater Kittenz... and we just played a concert at the largest venue in my local area this past Friday.

Judging from the many e-mails I recieved over the past week and a
half, many people seem to have felt that I didn't have alot of support
coming from the upper brass on the "Hadji Girl" situation. I can
definitely say that I had plenty of supporters, military and civilian.
Although I was reprimanded for performing such a song while in uniform,
my rights as an American, to include the first ammendment, have not
been compromised, and as long as I am not performing as a U.S. military
representative... to put it bluntly, I can sing whatever I want. I told
Chris Mazzolini (spelling?) from the Jacksonville Daily news that I was
sorry for any feelings hurt in the Muslim community, and that fact
remains true...My intentions were never to hurt or offend anyone, but
as an entertainer, and songwriter...I now know that I am perfectly
within my legal rights to compose and perform my thoughts as long as I
am not doing so in a fashion that would represent the thoughts or
opinions of the U.S. military, or our government.

I want to thank each and every person who has supported me during
this... there are far too many people to list, you know who you are. If
you sent me a message, I read it, and I am appreciative. I am leaving
my myspace site open and viewable by the public, if you want to share
your thoughts, good or bad, please feel free at www.myspace.com/zelph99.
I am planning on recording and releasing a professionally produced and
engineered version of "Hadji Girl" which will be aired on the Mike
Church show, and will be available for sale through their web site
within the coming weeks. I have decided to take this step to show that
I am in full support of every American's right his or her own freedom
of speech, military or civilian... to include my own. As long as I am
representing only myself and my thoughts and opinions I am within my
legal rights as an American.

If you don't want to listen to my music, I'm sure your volume knob works as well as mine.

I have a feeling Josh and his band will be getting a lot of
invitations to speak and perform. (I think the band would be a great
addition to the Freedom Concert Series!) Support the troops: Hire the Sweater Kittenz!

Take that, CAIR.