[RedRover]

[captnorb]

It's the damn JAG corp.....slimy lawyers in and out of government......They are the worst of the worst. Give me a used car salesman any day.

[Just A Nobody]

four Iraqi prisoners of war on November 9, 2004

So 18 months after the initial combat mission ended we captured four uniformed Iraqi military members?

[Girlene]

There is something inherently wrong with the military justice system when Marines can be accused of a massacre in world-wide media, yet be provided no public defense of their character/actions in the public eye. Military and political officials will indicate the troops are "innocent until proven guilty", yet always add on some disclaimer like, "these accused troops don't represent the larger number of our fighting forces", or "if found guilty, they will be punished". The public is left with the perception that maybe these accusations are true. Otherwise wouldn't these officials totally decry the allegations?

Then the military prosecution can spend untold money trying to prove their allegations without offering a similar benefit to the accused. Coercion of enlisted "witnesses" is simple when you control their employment and future. If this is an attempt by the military to show the world how honorable they are by holding their own to unreasonably high standards in this complicated WOT, they are failing. The enemy has learned how to play the system. The net result from these very public prosecutions can only hurt moral of the fighting men and further weaken their effectiveness.

Somebody with some comman sense in military leadership needs to understand the devestating effect of these cases and make changes in the UCMJ system.

[gardencatz]

I always thought I’d be more afraid of my son being in a war zone than I would of his leadership. I have a lot more thoughts floating through my mind but I have to calm down first before I attempt to share. Given the direction the Marine Corps is going, they’d probably try to court martial my son because of something I said.

Cindie

[Marine_Uncle]

Will the Marine Show Trials End?
I doubt it.