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2010-03-18 Iraq

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Posted by Sherry 2010-03-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 Looks like $hit does roll uphill sometimes.

Posted by gorb 2010-03-18 00:08|| 2010-03-18 00:08|| Front Page Top

#2 He didn't even KILL the dumb bastard and he's on trial?

Posted by Maggie Unusing1832 2010-03-18 00:49|| 2010-03-18 00:49|| Front Page Top

#3 The real sh!t is that this farse is proceeding at all. War is a b!tch and the fact that it is against an undeclared opponent makes this a bigger travesty.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2010-03-18 00:52|| 2010-03-18 00:52|| Front Page Top

#4 This is not being done through the SEAL chain of command, and I think it is likely being done, as was suggested a while back, to punish the SEALs as an organization.

It goes back to the ship piracy action, in which the captain of the ship was taken by pirates, and the SEAL team on the US warship rescued him, captured some pirates, and offed some others, *before* they had been ordered to do so.

This deprived the not-SEAL chain of command lots of juicy micromanagement, all the way up to the White House. And they are pissed, and want to punish the SEALs over it.

However, there are a LOT of very honorable men in the Navy, with a very low tolerance for b.s., and they won't cotton to having SEALs used as pawns in some REMFs game of ass-kiss chess.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-03-18 09:53|| 2010-03-18 09:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Anonymouse, since this comes from the WH and Obambi's politico/press flacks, your comment is an insult to the honor of REMFs everywhere. Even REMFs have more integrity than this.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2010-03-18 10:33|| 2010-03-18 10:33|| Front Page Top

#6 I agree with NMBS. Maybe the Rear Echelon Mother Figure (Sp?) should be Upper...etc.

Posted by Willy 2010-03-18 12:52|| 2010-03-18 12:52|| Front Page Top

#7 The message seems to be "don't take prisoners".
Bringing a prisoner back means you face prosecution for assault or rudeness or bad etiquette or something.

Posted by whatadeal 2010-03-18 12:53|| 2010-03-18 12:53|| Front Page Top

#8 The message should be - for the guard that is doing the tattle-telling, watch your back buddy! Blanket party bingo, using rocks instead of soap bars. what a POS.

Posted by Rob06 2010-03-18 15:33|| 2010-03-18 15:33|| Front Page Top

#9 The message should be - for the guard that is doing the tattle-telling, watch your back buddy!

Yeah, because everyone knows, there are training accidents...and then there are training accidents!

So, at what point can we openly declare Obama an enemy of The Constitution, and begin impeachment proceedings? Dear God, I hope we make it to November.

Posted by Secret Asian Man 2010-03-18 15:40|| 2010-03-18 15:40|| Front Page Top

#10 The Major General is now in a bad fix : if he ignores the military court ruling, he can be cited for Command Interference in a Judicial Proceeding; and if he gives immunity, he pisses off Nobama. He should NOT have intervened to start with. Besides which, this military judge's ruling will follow the General for the rest of his career - making another star will be difficult at best, since the military REALLY hates commanders interfering with court martials.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2010-03-18 17:59|| 2010-03-18 17:59|| Front Page Top

#11 SO the MG gets his nards twisted no matter how he goes? Good. The dumb bastard deserves it for pushing this JAG(Off) backed PC witch hunt.

Posted by OldSpook 2010-03-18 22:12|| 2010-03-18 22:12|| Front Page Top

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