Haditha: Massacre or Collateral Damage?

The Left has began to call Haditha the War on Terrorism's Mai Lai Massacre (referring to the Viet Nam War). At Haditha 24 civilians - including women and children - died at the hands of American troops. Detracters are saying it was an act of vengance by US Marines. Pro-militarists are pointing to discrepancies in original stories that might indicate the unfortunate result of collateral damage in the hunt for Islamofascist terrorist insurgents.

I tend to lean toward the later. There is apparent MSM corruption of data that another media Rathergate that we could term Hadithagate is emerging.

On the other hand there are blogs - Hot Air in particular - that believe the only solution may be an exhumation to validate what is truth and what is a cover-up.

I believe an exoneration will happen and the extension of more mud on the face of liberals as the facts are validated.