Haditha Marine Dad Speaks Out

Email from the Russell Brigade ^ | 29 July, 2008 | Peg Luksik

[brityank]

Dear Russell Brigade Member:

In August of 2007, the U.S. Marines acquitted Lance Corporal Justin Sharratt of charges that he joined in the killing of innocent civilians while responding to a terrorist roadside bomb attack in Haditha, Iraq. Sharratt was one of eight Marines accused by Congressman Jack Murtha of committing "coldblooded murder" against innocent civilians.

To date, seven of the eight have been cleared of all charges. Despite mounting public pressure, Congressman Murtha has refused to apologize or retract statements made during a widely publicized media tour against the so-called "Haditha Marines."

Speaking for the Marines, Lt.General James Mattis told Justin, "With the dismissal of these charges, you may fairly conclude that you did your best to live up to the standards … In the face of life or death decisions made by you in a matter of seconds in combat."

Today, Justin's dad Darryl speaks out in this exclusive web video to defend his son's honor and the sacrifice of America's fighting men and women.

Watch Darryl Sharratt's personal video message here>

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[brityank]

Go watch the YouTube video from Justin Sharratt's father, Darryl -- very well crafted.

[brityank]

Ping !

Lock and load, let's get it on!

[jazusamo]

Good video by Darryl Sharrat. Thanks for the ping, brityank.

Bill Russell For Congress
Dump Murtha, PA 12th District

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[RedRover]

Also posted HERE on DEFEND OUR MARINES.

Here's the text of Darryl's message...

Hello, I’m Darryl Sharratt. I am the father of former Marine lance corporal, Justin Sharratt, and a constituent of the PA-12 Congressional District.

On May 17th 2006, US Congressman John Murtha, my congressman, appeared on national television and called my son and his Haditha Marine squadmates cold-blooded murderers for their actions in a firefight in Haditha, Iraq.

In this television appearance, and subsequent appearances on national television, Mr Murtha denied my son and his Marine squad the presumption of innocence and due process—rights which are inherent in our US Constitution—before the official investigation on Haditha was ever completed.

For over two years, my families and the families of these other brave Marines have had to endure this pronouncement of cold-blooded murder by Congressman John Murtha.

After an extensive investigation, and Article 32 hearings, six of these Marines (including my son) have been found innocent of all charges.

One Marines officer had the charges dismissed and his case is in the appeals stage. And one enlisted Marine is awaiting his day in court.

Cold-blooded murderers? No, Mr Murtha.

Last week in the US House of Representatives, an amendment to an intelligence funding bill was brought up for a vote. This amendment, called the Hoekstra amendment or House Resolution 5959, would prohibit all US intelligence agencies from white-washing the behavior of the Islamic terrorists in their memos, reports, in all their official correspondence.

Without the Hoekstra amendment, terms such as “terrorist”, “insurgent”, “jihadist”, and “Islamic fundamentalist” would have been banned in dealing with known enemies of our country.

Thankfully, righteous members of our House of Representatives prevailed and the amendment passed 249-180.

In the roll call vote, Congressman John Murtha voted against the amendment. In effect, banning the use of accurate language to describe our enemies, those persons who would participate in the destruction of the United States of America.

Mr Murtha, when will your hypocrisy end? You have shown no remorse, you have shown no embarrassment for falsely pronouncing United States Marines cold-blooded murderers.

On May 17th 2006, you denied these Marines their protections under the United States Constitution. With your for-the-ban vote last week, you tried to give our enemies rights which you denied our Haditha Marines. Marines like my son.

[pissant]

Mutha deserves nothing less than the gallows for his treason.

[freema]

Ping

[brityank]

Many thanks for the text, Red.

Without the Hoekstra amendment, terms such as “terrorist”, “insurgent”, “jihadist”, and “Islamic fundamentalist” would have been banned in dealing with known enemies of our country.

I am really starting to hate those politically correct a**es in Congress!

[ArmyTeach]

Not enough said ... very powerful.

[alarm rider]

Bump for later.

[Eagles6]

Great video.

[brityank]

In the roll call vote, Congressman John Murtha voted against the amendment.

So did my rep; fired RAdm. (Ret) Sestak, PA-07; just another reason to try to get him bounced out in November.

[Semper Fi Mom]

Watched it!! Great video!! WAY TO GO DARRYL!!

[lilycicero]

Good stuff! Go Darryll/Team Russell!

[Lancey Howard]

THAT is a great ad! Well done!

[Shelayne]

Excellent!!

Yes, lock and load! Let’s dump this Murtha character out on his arse!

[blasater1960]

Murtha , is a seditionist P I G.

[polarbear1605]

A well done to Mr Sharrett!
Now let me get this recipe correct: Start with free speech, add truth and a pinch of justice and WAALAA!... a political head shot to Murtha.
(Hmmm...headshot...family trait?)
Semper Fi