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| LTC lawyers up against Dempsey |
| 2012-09-22 |
| The Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced today that it is representing U.S.Army Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Dooley, a 1994 Graduate of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. In April 2012, LTC Dooley, a highly decorated combat veteran, was publically condemned by General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and relieved ofhis teaching assignment because of the negative way Islam was portrayed in an elective course entitled, Perspectives on Islam and Islamic Radicalism. Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center observed, "In order to appease Muslims and the White House, General Dempsey and the Department of Defense rushed to punish LTC Dooley. In the process, they violated not only our Nation's core principles of free speech and academic freedom guaranteed by our Constitution, but also, a number of the military's own regulations dealing with academic freedom and non-attribution policies of the National Defense University (NDU) to which LTC Dooley was assigned. They violated the right to due process of law and even by-passed the University's Provost, who under NDU's own rules has primary responsibility for adjudication of this matter." The Thomas More Law Center played a pivotal role in defending LtCol. Jeffrey Chessani, USMC, another loyal military officer, who was ordered to face a court martial to appease the Iraqi government and anti-war politicians, especially Congressman John Murtha (D-PA). A military judge dismissed the charges against Chessani on the grounds of undue command influence. Parroting the FBI's reason, namely, "political sensitivity" as the reason for not thoroughly investigating Army Major Nidal Hasan, which ultimately led to the Ft. Hood Massacre, General Dempsey on 24 April 2012 ordered a review of instruction that was "disrespectful of the Islamic religion" to ensure "cultural sensitivity." The result is certain. Officers and instructors see what has happened to LTC Dooley, and will refrain from telling the truth about Islam or confronting the difficult strategic challenges facing our nation for fear of jeopardizing their professional careers. The Pentagon has still apparently not learned from the politically correct policies that led to the Ft. Hood massacre. Lawsuit to follow? |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #5 Dempsey hasn't covered himself in competence and understanding of his place. Terry Jones says FYNQ |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-09-22 09:45 |
| #4 Just what the hell is it with officers (in my USN enlisted days, we called 'em "zeroes") when they get close to flag/general rank? They quit being uniformed officers and become politicians. All those top layer appointments are done by the President and Secretaries [also Presidential appointees]. Given that these people usually have zero effective military experience, they prefer the usual cordial 'yes' men to keep the organization operating, sort of like ward heelers or shop stewards. The service itself doesn't help itself because they've entrenched a personnel selection system below that which promotes management over battlefield leadership. Even though we've been at war for 10 years they never stood down the peacetime selection process and implemented a methodology to quickly select and promote superior tacticians/leaders. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-09-22 09:26 |
| #3 Gottfried calls it |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-09-22 07:14 |
| #2 Gottfried calls is our "custodial class" in After Liberation: Mass Democracy in the Managerial State. Our senior leaders are our masters and minders, cur "custodial class". The common man and thinker finds himself pitted against an enlighted cadre of minder bureaucrats, educators, media intellectuals, and fully indoctrinated service academy alumni. In addition to providing a watchdog service for social justice, they are kept quite busy making sure "Bible thumping conservatives", "homophobes," "sexists" and "xenophobes" are reported upon and kept fully in check. Proper social engineering and diversity depends upon these people. They will not soon go away. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-09-22 07:12 |
| #1 LTC Dooley, a highly decorated combat veteran, was publically condemned by General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and relieved ofhis teaching assignment because of the negative way Islam was portrayed in an elective course entitled, Perspectives on Islam and Islamic Radicalism. Just what the hell is it with officers (in my USN enlisted days, we called 'em "zeroes") when they get close to flag/general rank? I have a cousin who's a hard-left academic and will give you chapter and verse about Amerikkka's eeeeville military caste, pulling the strings from behind the curtain and just waiting for the right moment to pull a "Seven Days in May." But between this jackass and the former Army CoS who whined about his fear that Maj. Hasan's little misadventure at Ft. Hood would make the Army's "diversity" his greatest casualty, I'm wondering if the modern military promotes ever anyone with testicular fortitude beyond field grade. Far from imitating Burt Lancaster about to overthrow the gummint, they all seem to sit cringing in fear of whatever useless political hack is running the show at any particular moment. |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2012-09-22 02:17 |