On June 30th, 2014, Dana Loesch invited me to join her in studio on the Glenn Beck Show to discuss the harsh and horrendous life sentence Sgt Miller is currently serving in Leavenworth for defending himself on a battlefield in Afghanistan. Throughout this war on terror, Dana Loesch has been a relentless supporter of our brave men and women in uniform and her unwavering support of our Troops means the world to them and to me. I am deeply grateful to Dana and her husband, Chris, for this opportunity and I truly believe there is a special place in Soldier Heaven for them both. Below is the link to the show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIIoMI8hvRA&list=UUI7ouCVOhXh5Sq-IJrpBh7w
Sgt Derrick Miller served his country through 3 deployments and he did so proudly and willingly. Sgt Miller was a good Soldier who secured many medals and rose to the rank of Sergeant. On his last deployment in Afghanistan, Sgt Miller detained an Afghan man named Atta Mohammed for questioning. As Derrick's unit was surrounded by hostile villagers on all 3 sides, and they had been taking heavy fire over time, the good Soldier Derrick was concerned when Atta Mohammed came from different directions entering their perimeter. Derrick became concerned when Mohammed told him he was there to fix a water pump, no wait, then he was there to fix a generator, and all the while Atta Mohammed telling Derrick “I not Taliban, the Soldiers killed my brother, but I not Taliban.” Well the Good Soldier Derrick noticed Atta Mohammed had no tools. A struggle ensued with a gun and Derrick shot and killed “the Afghan man” as he was only allowed to be referred to at trial.
I later asked Derrick if he was sorry he shot Atta Mohammed (I only asked because that seems to be the ridiculous question the liberals want answered). Derrick looked me right in the eye and responded “I'm sorry he tried to get my guy so I had to shoot him. I'm sorry about that.”
Sgt Derrick defended himself and his Brothers on the battlefield that day. When the gun went off, the perimeter was put on high alert and according to Derrick, within 20 minutes the base was attacked. On high alert, our Soldiers had moved out of their regular positions and not one American Soldier lost his life in that attack. Many of the men in Derrick’ platoon believed he saved their lives that day.
I refer you to Sgt Miller's website, http://www.freederrickmiller.org/ for further details. With two witnesses who changed their stories and no forensics done on the gun nor the body, Derrick was convicted of a life sentence with a chance of parole in 10 years. He can never prove his story because all the evidence is destroyed.
Sgt Derrick Miller defended himself on this lopsided battlefield where winning hearts and minds have cost precious lives and limbs and where the insane rules of engagement and catch and release policies have afforded all the advantages to this brutal enemy we are fighting. This is a battlefield that has left our Sons victims in a lose lose situation! Derrick asked me to ask the representatives up on hill, “would they rather it would have been him who was killed?!”
Now as this brave American Son of ours sits locked up in Leavenworth with other Soldiers charged for crimes on this battlefield, this President is releasing terrorist from Gitmo right and left. Why, I had a rep for Donna Edwards, Chris Schloesser, boldly tell us in a meeting that the goal of this administration is to close Gitmo!! And that door to Gitmo has been swinging open constantly since this President has been elected. And he isn't just releasing terrorists that will go back to their families, oh no, they will head right back to the battlefield to kill and maim more of our precious Sons. The reckless release of the savage Ali Musa DaqDuq by this administration was unconscionable. DaqDuq killed 5 of our Soldiers but before he killed them he tortured 4 of them and then dumped their precious bodies on the side of a road. I guarantee he isn't going home to his mother or family, he is right back on the battlefield and God help and watch over our Soldiers! His release by this administration is an outrage and a slap in the face to every Warrior who has fought and died in this war.
I can guarantee you this, when Derrick is released, he will return home to his two daughters and family and he will get a job and live his life in peace.
What have the mothers of these terrorists had to do to secure their release of their sons? Nothing! Not a damn thing! They have accrued no legal fees to bring their Sons home. No, our President just opens that door to Gitmo and sets their terrorist's sons free, yet he keeps our American Sons locked up!!!
What does Sgt Derrick Miller's mother do to try and secure the release of her son, because this President never talks about freeing America's Sons. Renee, Derrick's mother, bakes cupcakes all week and sells them at her Church socials so that she can try and visit her son and get him the legal help he so desperately needs and deserves. This wonder woman who raised a Warrior who proudly wore the uniform of this great country will be baking cupcakes for a long time as he is now serving his third year at Leavenworth.
Please visit: www.freederrickmiller.org and hit the donate button on Renee's website for traveling expenses. It has been one year since Derrick has seen his family and his beautiful litle girls so any donation would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
I have promised Sgt Miller and his mother that I won't stop until Derrick is home where he belongs. We will be heading up to the hill in September for more meetings with representatives and we could sure use your help and support by ringing those phones up there. I was told by a great Warrior I love and respect that the reason Michael Behenna walks free today is because of the constant pressure we Americans generated on his behalf. We can do this again and the time has come for our Sons to be treated with the same courtesy and consideration as this President affords the terrorists and their families. But that will not happen without your help! We need you to ring those phones up there and say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, LET OUR SONS GO HOME!
If you will, please call your Congressmen and Senators and ask them to help us secure a reduction in this cruel life sentence Derrick is serving, or better yet, ask them to release Derrick and all our Soldiers of the Leavenworth 10 who are still serving. What is good enough for the terrorists should damn well be good enough for America's Sons!!! This President has given as a reason to release these dangerous terrorists that the wars are winding down. SO, he needs to extend the same courtesy to our Sons as he does to the terrorists and open that door to Leavenworth and let our Sons of the L10 go home!!!
http://l10freedomride.com/Letters.html
If you will, please forward this to all your lists and Twitter using the hashtag #FreeDerrickMiller. This is the beginning of an all out effort to Free Derrick Miller and we hope you will join us. We need daily calls, letters, emails, all you radio folks out there, please invite Renee on your show and give her the opportunity to help her get her Son's sentence reduced and/or to help her secure her Sons’ release. All you journalists, please step up and write about Derrick's case. I am so very grateful to Marinka Peschmann for her excellent article about Sgt Derrick Miller.
She is another tireless supporter of our Troops and with her help, and Dana's, and all of you Patriots out there, we can and we will make great strides on behalf of the mothers of this country who raised Warriors Sons and now need and deserve to have their Sons come home!
The motto of The Band of Mothers is “Warriors Come From Warriors”. Well, it is time for the warrior moms in this great country to kick it into full gear and fight for our warrior Sons!
With A Mother's Heart, Thank You!
Beverly Perlson
The Band of Mothers
www.FreeDerrickMiller.org
MS Perlson,
This is what a majority of those who voted in the United States in 2008 and 2012 said, via their votes, they wanted. Obama is giving them what they voted for.
This is so maddening!
I wrote to him this spring when I got a request from a group from 9-12. I was going to a Tea Party meeting so asked lots of people to sign my card. I got a nice reply a month or so later. I will write again in the fall or holidays...Hard to know what to say!
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