Posted on 11/27/2009 8:32:10 AM PST by Irisshlass
A few days ago, when this was breaking, one poster here opined that this may be the military’s way of forestalling any public court (including the court of public opinion) of kangaroo-trialling these sailors. They would be advised by the military tribunal (privately) that they would not be harshly punished, and would subsequently be fined some trivial amount and/or “confined” to quarters on some particularly miserable winter weekend afternoon (probably during playoff season).
Eaxctly. Dead terrosists dont complain about split lips.
The way our military is treated in this war I wouldnt blame any of them if they just left post, and bought a ticket home on the first commercial flight.
There’s NO evidence that they acted unprofessionally. This terrorist could have smacked his face against the wall himself, or maybe he fought and they had to subdue him.
Notice the military automatically believes the terrorist and charges our own men. How putrid.
SO-2
In 22 and a half years in the Navy, I never saw this paygrade...
In response to your comment I hate to say it but it is the thought process from people like you that the socialist communists use to try and tie the hands of our military behind their backs. This is an ungoing saga started in Viet Nam where the socialist politicians applied rules of engagement upon the military to turn them into world policemen. It all comes down to if you are going to fight a war and win, you fight the war. Use all tools and measures necessary to accomplish victory. If not you become the political paper tiger the Obama and the socialist communists would like our military to be in order to further their agenda. So the American people need to decide whether we are going to allow the communists in Washington to continue to degrade and humiliate our military while continuing to kiss the asses of the enemy that fill their coffers, or draw the line and demand victory.
Obama and Co don’t have any brains
I know that we hated the libs blaming everything on Bush...is this paypack for eight years of blaming everything on Bush??? I wonder if Obama called the Commander and said book them!!! Remember it took 90 days to make a decision on whether to send more folks to Afganistan. I hardly believe he knew anything about this case until the media mentioned it. You give Obama too much credit.
Obviously you never severed. This is horse $hit. The SEALs are a military force and not a police force.
Looks like this administration is sending our sons and daughters into dangerous situations and then court marshaling them for doing their duty and/or defending themselves. This SUCKS!
“Hate to say it, but the SEALs deserve punishment if they acted unprofessionally in their duties. I just hope the guy resisted in order to justify the punch.”
When you start up the prosecution machinery against your own guys on so slight, so insignificant a thing as this then I’d say your tired of being a great nation.
Now they have a taste of what our government is all about. When those SEALS get out of jail, they should use their training to turn against the US Government.
This is fantastic anti-obama propaganda. Stories like this are the best thing that can happen...
Yah these young men have no jobs to come home to. The military is great - work with a team, top-notch equipment, a challenge. Plus training in use of lethal weaponry. We need our young trained like this. The PC wave has crested, imho, is now collapsing due to internal contradictions (as the marxists say). Be of good cheer. This is a cause celebre for us, the good guys!
Support our seals!
Sergeant Eddie Dohun was based upon the real-life SSGT Charles Dohun. Just parenthetically, it didn’t quite happen that way in real-life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bridge_Too_Far_%28film%29#cite_note-18
Special Ops 1, Special Ops 2??? I don’t know.
we’re only getting it from one side, though.
And what side is that?
“These guys refused a Captains Mast (Article 15) on advice of their attorney.”
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I sincerely doubt this terrorist came quietly. And if ONE Seal acted unprofessionally and punched the guy, I do not see the indictments against them as JUST punishment.
It seems to me that commanders are of the Wesley Clark, John Murtha, John Kerry persuasion, and are too quick to throw the book.
It would take more time and space than is available to tell you just how little I care if this thug got a belly punch and/or a split lip in the rough and tumble of capture.
vaudine
Yeah! If this report is accurate, then the entire SEAL platoon was transfered back to Norfolk. This Jihadi couldn’t have done better if he’d had a grenade.
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