Gotta love how higher ranking officers have our troops back.
F**king A**holes!
“The lieutenant who should have been coordinating never left his vehicle. Soldiers were talking over one another on their radios. One person declared the black car was not hostile, while someone else claimed to have seen muzzle fire coming from it. No one but the Afghan translator appeared to have seen Hikmat raise her arms, and no one had heard her say anything.
“There was a leadership failure in this incident,” the initial investigation concluded, finding that the lack of organization “set the patrol up for failure.”
So the lieutenant sat in his vehicle and watched while the good brave Warrior, Sgt lst Class Walter Taylor and his men fought through the battle and now, the lieutenant is totally absolved of any responsibility and the good brave Warrior Sgt lst Class Walter Taylor, his face ravaged by an attack he attributes to Afghan retaliation, awaits the decision that may send him to Leavenworth for 3 years!
So now he waits for the military justice system to decide his fate. I don't have much faith in this military justice system. For those of you out there who have faith in the military justice system (yes, this past week I had a Senator's military liaison tell me that he has faith in this system) I suggest to you this military justice system seems to work differently depending on your rank. Bob McCarty makes this point quite well:
SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK:
http://threedaysinaugust.com/?p=2572
SOME GUYS REALLY DO HAVE ALL THE LUCK:
http://bobmccarty.com/2012/06/15/some-guys-really-do-have-all-the-luck/
Agree! I recently stood in a hospital ER with a Staff Sgt. who took 4 bullets, including two to his face. The comradery of the other special forces men to their wounded buddy was closer than I had ever seen, even within a family. Any one of them would have traded places with their buddy.
I stood beside the commander as he leaned forward, pointed his finger right in this young man’s face and said, “I got your backside.” He then went back and started an article 32 on the wounded soldier. I know he only did it to protect his career due to orders from above. But all he did was betray this young soldier and lower the moral of his buddies who are returning to combat.
The rules of engagement under O’Bummer are the worst. I have heard horror story after horror story from soldiers who had their men get court martialed or commit suicide as they are in a no win situation and cannot protect themselves. The competent commanders who had balls retired, or should I say “jumped from the sinking ship of Commandant O’Bummer!” All that are left are the O’Bummer Bu** Kissers.