Killed by a mob, burned to a crisp and hung from a bridge? Well, screw you.

Liberal blogger Markos Moulitsas Zúniga (better known as the author of the daily Kos) has been caught with his foot firmly lodged in his oral cavity.   Reacting to the graphic photos of the civilian contractors murdered and immolated in Falluja, Zúniga had this to say:

I feel nothing over the death of merceneries. They aren't in Iraq because of orders, or because they are there trying to help the people make Iraq a better place. They are there to wage war for profit. Screw them.

I linked to Tim Blair's blog for the quote because Kos has stuffed his original post down the memory hole and substituted this watered down version on his blog.

Fortunately, the wickedly funny Allahpundit and the gang at LGF were there to record (and comment) for posterity.

Now it is true that the "civilian contractors" were ex-military and were working for a US security firm.   But they were decidedly not mercenaries, fighting for pay.   As far as I know, they were hired to protect other foreigners in Iraq who are working to rebuild the country's infrastructure.

For my part, I am saddened by their senseless deaths and grieve for the families they left behind.   I am also disappointed that our own citizens, including a refugee from a war-torn country and veteran of the US armed forces like Zúniga, would be so blinded by partisan politics that they could not see the injustice of this wanton act of violence in Falluja.