Posted on 05/06/2019 10:24:54 PM PDT by bitt
President Donald Trump issued a full pardon Monday to former Army First Lieutenant Michael Behenna, who served five years in prison after being convicted of murdering a suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist.
In May 2008, Behenna was questioning Ali Mansur Mohamed, a suspected terrorist who had allegedly been involved in an IED attack that killed two U.S. soldiers. The interrogation ended when Behenna fired two rounds into the terrorist — which the 1st Lt. claimed was in self-defense after Mansur lunged for his pistol.
A military court convicted Behenna of unpremeditated murder in a combat zone in 2009. The prosecution said Behenna was not acting in self-defense, but in retaliation for the deaths of his fellow soldiers, and killed Mansur while returning him to his hometown.
In a statement released Monday announcing the pardon, the White House noted that Behenna’s 25-year sentence was greatly reduced following certain concerns about the case. Behenna was released from prison on parole in 2014.
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Barky Insane O’Bungles passed up NUMEROUS opportunities to score points the military & Patriotic veterans
Lt Behenna is Exhibit 1 of MANY
Bergdahl, Traitor First Class, doesn’t even make the cut
Awesome! Now we just need all of the Haditha terrorist ambush survivors pardoned.
Huh?
Sorry, meant to say ‘Deserter First Class’
That’s great news. I needed that.
“He is going to be safely reunited with his family. He served the United States with honor and distinction. And we’ll have the opportunity eventually to learn what has transpired in the past years, but what’s most important now is his health and well being, that he have the opportunity to recover in peace and security and be reunited with his family. Which is why this is such a joyous day.”
This is what Susan Rice said about Bowe Bergdahl...
YAY!THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT !
Best. CIC. Ever.
Thank you, President Trump, for restoring sanity to the role of Commander in Chief.
Ask any *normal* American whether a good soldier who kills an al queda terrorist should get a medal or go to prison and you will get 100% consensus on the first option.
Would this be a good time to loop the videos of innocent Americans throwing themselves out windows to certain death on 9/11?
Scumbags Obama and holder injected social justice into our military this is the problem
Now send all the people involved in convicting him to the brig.
Convicting, or even accusing, our soldiers of murder in any such situation is a travesty of justice. And I loathe all who were complicit in putting this man on trial.
Now, give him the Medal of Honor.
Agree. Our combat military is over-lawyered. We know from year’s worth of posts at FR that the ROE was ridiculous.
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