Posted on 10/16/2011 6:22:52 PM PDT by seekthetruth
"Three Days In August" by Bob McCarty
U.S. Army Special Forces Sgt.1st Class Kelly A. Stewart admitted to having a one-night stand with a 28-year-old German woman the night of Aug. 22, 2008. She did, too. Both knew sex was part of the plan when they left the discotheque near Stuttgart. Two months later, however, her story changed and the highly-decorated combat veteran found himself facing rape and kidnapping charges.
During court-martial proceedings one year later, Stewart faced an Army court-martial panel comprised of soldiers who had recently returned from a 16-month deployment with the Army attorney serving as Stewart’s lead prosecutor.
Despite a lack of both physical evidence and eyewitnesses to the alleged crimes, it took only three days for the panel to find Stewart guilty of numerous offenses — including aggravated sexual assault, kidnapping, forcible sodomy and assault and battery — and sentence him to eight years behind bars.
Incredibly, the conviction was based almost entirely on the testimony of Stewart’s accuser, a one-time mental patient who, with the backing of the German government, refused to allow her medical records to be entered as evidence.
When several witnesses came forward during a post-trial hearing to reveal startling proof that the accuser had lied several times during the trial, their words were largely ignored by the court and Stewart remained behind bars.
(Excerpt) Read more at threedaysinaugust.com ...
What sort of justice do you have when a court can't find you guilty and then simply throws the book at you on some other superfluous trumped up charges that are simply charges anyone could be charged with, or require a lower burden of proof? Did they throw in “Conduct unbecoming” too? lol
This in reality makes the UCMJ look like a kangaroo court! Something from a Monty Python episode: http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=monty+python+witch&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=11358l13515l4l14499l10l8l0l0l0l0l719l719l6-1l1l0&biw=1920&bih=1046&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbm=vid&source=og&sa=N&tab=wv&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=15e141e115aee6be Something one would expect in Saddam's regime, the Nazi's or some Russian courtroom where the law is meaningless and prescribed by the powers to be rather than a system based on rules that is consistent and non biased. Truth is in consistency and justice has to be blind (unbiased).
Strawman? You can't understand? What is difficult to understand. Practically everyone in uniform would have to go to jail if we applied the law uniformly/consistently regards sodomy and adultery. The DoD has just openly stated that they will accept gay people who's very “Lifestyle” is DEFINED by the practice of sodomy! In the civilian world (i.e. the rest of society) these laws have become near meaningless because they are standards not met, not even the people that wrote the laws, not even back then. They obviously couldn't get him on rape, so they simply throw other crap his way to send him to prison anyway, what part of that is difficult to understand?
What they did is a joke and reminiscent of: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4360688.stm
It's what they do in banana republics, in places where the rule of law never matured or degenerated as under the Nazi's or Saddam: http://staugustine.com/stories/052604/nat_2350083.shtml
I told them so. I told them what would happen if they feminized the military.
I hope no one goes on about the number of women “actually involved” in the prosecution of this case. The warrior mystique lies dead at the crossroads, a stake through its heart, and man-hating diesel dykes have far too much influence.
The waters are polluted; the air is fouled. I don’t know if it can even be fixed at this point.
I saw that first hand with a peer of mine in 2004 who's court marshal I attended: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7336185/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/t/us-captain-convicted-iraq-killing-walks-free/
A “feminized military” didn’t make this man chase skirts or cheat on his wife.
Here is a must read! And from a great source, in my opinion!
http://bigpeace.com/bmccarty/2011/10/17/green-beret-continues-fight-beyond-prison-walls/
I so agree with you regarding his behavior.
However, my problem with USAA is that nowhere in my contract with them did they reserve the right to cancel any of my accounts because they did not approve or my morality.
Indeed, at one time they required you be an officer in the US Military, but now, their agency is open to all. To me it seems like a personal vendetta against Kelly Stewart to cancel his accounts, not a business policy decision.
I may be wrong and if so, they can explain it to me. Until then, I don’t want them to assume they have the right to demand anything other than I pay my bill.
Wait - he was married when (to put the best possible spin on it) he was picking up crazy women in bars for casual sex? Not someone that I'd pick for a poster child.
http://www.stripes.com/news/vehicle-found-but-fugitive-soldier-still-on-the-run-1.94061
Might have missed this in the posts, but why does an innocent man run?
You are totally correct - those laws were written by Femi-Nazis specifically to remove the need for proof as was always required before the advent of “Wymon’s Laws’.
“A “feminized military” didn’t make this man chase skirts or cheat on his wife.”
No, but a feminized military railroaded him on the word of a nutbar, convicted him of rape, and gave him a sentence that is completely out of proportion to adultery. And did all that because it has been feminized, and for no other reason.
If you want to enforce the UCMJ prohibition of adultery, then convict him of that, and give him a sentence proportionate to that.
The punishment is supposed to fit the crime. You seem to be saying that because he was an adulterer, he deserves to be convicted of rape and given a proportionately harsher sentence.
I clicked on it again and it is the same one I started reading initially. I’m not buying the whole story as presented there. I’ve been a USAA co-op member for 45+ years and have ALWAYS experienced outstanding service, so for some of you to claim that the folks there have suddenly turned into Satan and are screwing members is preposterous. “I” was the member, my dependents were not, although they were covered by my membership privileges, and I suspect this problem is a similar legal one. USAA’s primary fiducial responsibility is to its members and no one else, regardless of how tearful the case becomes. We are NOT a welfare agency, thank you!
Interestingly, if the spouse was also a service member as is stated, why did not she also become a USAA member or at least have her husband sign a power of attorney so she could lawfully act on his behalf? Something is very fishy with this story, but I’ll put my money on the credibility of the USAA management. They have a many-decades long record of integrity in all their dealing, as we members insist on.
Pile on all you want if it makes you feel better, but that won’t change the facts, eh?
JC
See my reply below; nothing has changed, my money’s still on USAA and their duty to our membership!
JC
I STILL remember that ol’ admonition in Navy regs: “Penetration, however slight,...”! I’m sure it was the same in the Army and other services...
JC
Why? For you crappy, sanctimonious analogy at the expense of the Duke lacrosse players who never even touched those lyin’ gals! You, in the meanwhile, completely ignored the perjurous criminality of Mangum, 80 leftwing Duke faculty demonizing the players, and the criminal politics of the DA!
I had a co-worker (electrical engineer type) who sounded like you, even after the truth came out about the Duke situation. I challenged him and he finally admitted that in school he had been a nerdy bookworm who hated jocks because they were popular and he wasn’t! WTF??
That’s why!
JC
JC
Well, there’s a saying that military justice stands in relation to justice, as military music stands in relation to music.
I love sports and played them myself but was just making the point that these guys opened pandoras box. A group of mainly Christian guys from say, Notre Dame would have known better I think. Of course it was criminal what happened...but hat was not my point.
“Despite a lack of both physical evidence and eyewitnesses to the alleged crimes,”
Sound like the tart could even prove they had sex and that this soldier’s honesty got him in trouble.
If he had denied everything he might have been better off.
So much for honor.
Have you been there?
Were you ever a soldier?
Were you ever a soldier just back from war?
Getting drunk and sexed is part of a soldier’s life since biblical times.
And even if you were a soldier just back from war you still have no place in criticizing this warrior.
Why was this message addressed to me (among others)? (It was among my pings tonight.) I had not even responded to anything in this thread, prior to this moment.
Their duty to their membership should not include authority to cancel and or freeze accounts of their customers because they don’t “meet our standards.” As of October 14th, it was reported by Kelly’s father that Kelly’s wife was told by a rep at USAA that they had kindly released half of her money!! It is her money and let me reiterate, she currently serves this country!!
I question their standards!
Narrative on Bronze Star Awarded to Kelly Stewart:
THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL WITH VALOR DEVICE
TO
STAFF SERGEANT KELLY A. STEWART
Staff Sergeant Kelly A. Stewart, United States Army, heroically distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous conduct in the face of the enemy of the United States as the Senior Special Forces Medical Sergeant, Operational Detachment Alpha 062, Baghdad, IRAQ, on August 7, 2006 during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. During Operation STINGRAY inside the Jaysh Mahdi stronghold of Sadr City, SSG Stewart distinguished himself as a Special Forces Medical Sergeant (18D) with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) Brigade. Bravo Company was tasked with providing outer cordon blocking positions as the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Force (ICTF) conducted a raid to capture high-value targets. SSG Stewart was assigned to the rear of the vehicle third in the order of movement and was armed with his M4 carbine, an M79 Grenade Launcher, and his aid bag. During the mission, SSG Stewart would expertly use all three of these tactical tools. Upon infiltration, the convoy was nearly struck with an improvised explosive device which detonated less than thirty meters in front of the lead vehicle and since the ingress routes to Sadr City are extremely limited, the enemy undoubtedly had clear early warning of the force’s approach. Thus, immediately upon SSG Stewart’s vehicle establishing its southernmost blocking position nearest the ICTF raid location, the U.S./Iraqi force came under enemy fire. SSG Stewart dismounted the vehicle and immediately established a good firing position oriented down an alley running to the southwest. Within minutes, he began engaging a few enemy gunmen down the alley. The hardened fighters, although possibly wounded, sought cover behind vehicles and alcoves in the alley and continued to return fire. SSG Stewart calmly transitioned to his M79 to effectively suppress those fighters firing from defilade. He continued to suppress this general vicinity throughout the forty-five minute firefight as additional enemy converged on the danger area. As the blocking force loaded the vehicles in preparation for exfiltration, one U.S. Soldier was shot as he climbed into the rear of SSG Stewart’s vehicle. With total disregard for his own safety as enemy fire continued just over his head, SSG Stewart immediately assumed the role of medical provider and would be instrumental in saving the soldier’s life. The projectile entered to the rear of the casualty’s right shoulder, almost completely severed the upper portion of his right lung, broke a few ribs on the left side of his chest and finally came to rest just under the skin. Displaying extreme calmness in the heat of combat, SSG Stewart initiated two intravenous (IV) lines into the casualty while under fire in the moving vehicle. For much of the exfiltration, SSG Stewart had one leg outside the vehicle on a jack-stand strapped to the rear to provide the casualty more room while holding two IV bags in one hand and returning fire with his M79 in the other hand. His actions are in keeping with the finest traditions of military heroism and reflect distinct credit upon himself, the Special Operations Command Central, and the United States Army.
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