Posted on 01/17/2012 9:37:41 AM PST by SmileRight
If you were on fire I wouldn’t even piss on you to put it out.
Why, because I agree with Col. West that what these men did was wrong and that they should be punished?
No, it's because I don't like you.
Your being very disengenuous when you try and ascert that Col. West is calling for the punishment of these men. Yes, Col. West stated they should be held accountable - through the use of Article 15 nonjudicial punishment. There would be no court. There would be no incarceration. There could be a monetary cost (loss in rank). The harshest aspect of the Article 15 would be to their continued enlistment in the Corp. Hardly the level of punishment the media and liberal flamers in this country would demand. Nor, based upon your apparent position, would this be sufficient to you.
I'm not sure that your understanding my position on this, considering that you keep pinging me. I WILL NOT DENIGRATE THESE MEN OVER THIS! Is this clear enough for you? Any further attempts on your part to change my mind will also result in futility.
Your attempts to equate the Japanese uniformed soldier with these muzzie rag headed cultist who are not members of a state completely fall short of the mark.
Don't you get it? It's not about who the dead bodies were when they were alive. It's about who these US Marines are, about their character and their honor.
As LTC Collins said, their deeds will follow them down through history, and I don't envy them that. Their grandchildren's grandchildren will see that video, and wonder what kind of men they were.
Apparently, you don't. I'm finding it hard to understand why you are being so obtuse. I'M not going to denegrate these men. They do not need me to judge them. Especially when there are people such as you in the world who are doing so. Now, please go back into your glass house and stop trying to get me to change my opinion. It's not going to happen.
“The Marines were wrong. Give them a maximum punishment under field grade level Article 15 (non-judicial punishment), place a General Officer level letter of reprimand in their personnel file, and have them in full dress uniform stand before their Battalion, each personally apologize to God, Country, and Corps videotaped and conclude by singing the full US Marine Corps Hymn without a teleprompter.
Enough said.
Those three Marines are 10 times the person you are. I would be proud to be seen with them and to know them. They have more guts and honer in the little finger than you do in your entire sad carcass.
If they have honor, then why are they ignoring their orders and the law by filming themselves pissing on dead bodies? It’s not automatically honorable conduct, just because they claim the title of US Marines. If they have so much honor in their little fingers, then where the hell was it shown in the video?
Article 134: “... all conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces, ...”
I remember it. Sickening.
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