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Murtha is a corrupt S.O.B., who eats more pork from the defense budget than anyone else in DC, all the while he villifies the troops.

There’s another interesting tidbit here, too.

The prosecution wants to go to Iraq to depose witnesses, because “Erickson said the witnesses have refused to come to the United States to testify in the case.”

So, what kind of a trial would it be if only the prosecution is allowed to cross examine the witnesses? The defense should certainly not permit them to do that. It would not be enough for the defense to depose the witnesses; they need to be able to cross examine them in front of the jury.

I suspect these “witnesses” don’t want to come to the U.S. to give their stories because they are afraid what will happen when they are caught lying. We’ve seen plenty of those kinds of witnesses in Iraq and for that matter all over the Muslim world. Allah instructs them to lie; it’s right in the Koran. Mohammed lied several times under oath, and was proud of himself for doing it.

Good for Jack Zimmerman. Keep reminding the public why this case became so public and political.

I agree, Cicero, the point about the Iraqi witnesses is interesting. If the Iraqis refuse autopsies and refuse to come to the US to testify, the prosecution's case is much weaker. This Marine deserves to face his accusers, especially in light of facing 19 years in the brig. On top of that, it has never been established who was responsible for whose deaths that day.

That is probably why LCpl Tatum's original charges of negligent homicide and aggravated assault against specific individuals were reduced to aggravated assault and reckless endangerment of unarmed men, women, and children in general. Preferred Charges and Specifications He still has charges of involuntary manslaughter of two specific Iraqi individuals. For that reason alone, he deserves to face his accusers and have a cross examination in court.