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| Don Brown: Prosecuting American warriors for killing the enemy undermines ‘America first' |
| 2019-07-02 |
| [FoxNews] "From this day forward, it’s going to be only America First." I was in Paris when President Trump spoke those words in his inaugural address, alongside former Congressman Michael Flanagan, Army Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely (Ret.), and Trump historian Frank Mitchell. Conservative French parliament members had invited us to a black-tie inaugural gala to celebrate the peaceful passage of power from one American administration to the next. Before the event, as we gathered outside the ornate banquet hall of the Hotel Orleans to watch the president’s inaugural address with dozens of members of the French parliament and high-ranking French military officers, something surrealistic happened when those words "America First" rolled from the new president’s lips. The room burst into enthusiastic applause. Frenchmen? Let that sink in for a moment. Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, Army Green Beret Matt Golsteyn, and 82nd Airborne Army Lieutenant Clint Lorance all have this in common: All were charged or convicted (in Lorance’s case) of killing the enemy in either Iraq or Afghanistan. Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher is being prosecuted for “murdering an ISIS operative.” That’s the same ISIS, by the way, that murdered 250 children in a dough kneader, that beheads Coptic Christians on the shores of Libya, displaced millions of Christians in the Middle East, burns men alive in cages and decapitated American journalist James Foley? And we prosecute a Navy SEAL for “murdering” one of these animals? |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 Too bad a very large portion of our nation do not support the efforts of our service members... Passing the physical trials and getting the badge does not an elite soldier make. Like the rest of our society they also have been infiltrated by the weak-minded bereft of the love of country and comrade. Sadly we'll only see more of it Pan. This never should have happened. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-07-02 20:45 |
| #7 Glad its over for him. |
| Posted by: 49 pan 2019-07-02 19:18 |
| #6 Yes, part of the problem is that this case proceeded under President Obama — who loathed our military, rank and file. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-07-02 13:52 |
| #5 Trump Providing E and E For Gallagher Trump tweeted about the conditions of Chief Gallagher's confinement in March, and Chief Gallagher was transferred from a brig to a military hospital. The president's interest in the case has helped to ensure that Chief Gallagher has a high profile, access to well-connected lawyers like Marc Mukasey, who works for the Trump Organization. Trump has said if the jury finds him guilty, a pardon awaits. I prayed for this man, that God helps him and delivers him out of the hands of unreasonable men and vindictive vultures. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-07-02 13:46 |
| #4 Fighting two issues here. The world see's our SOF forces as hired killer elites. They think it all goes down like World of Warcraft. This translates into the political, both US and global, as the US SOF are killers. SOF has to hold a tight leash on this, as it can spin out of control so fast, see Fallujah Marines and Blackwater. The armed enemy is only half the fight. The media can spread a lie faster than the truth and having some comment slip like he did is dangerous. This is no justification of his trial, it is the rest of the facts on the ground. Too bad a very large portion of our nation do not support the efforts of our service members... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2019-07-02 13:12 |
| #3 How bout an "Alien" remake with current US ROE? How would that turn out? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-07-02 10:25 |
| #2 Funny how sometimes it's "the fog of war," and other times every rumor or second hand account is gospel. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-07-02 10:23 |
| #1 This was just sent to me by a former colleague. Clearly an indicator, if accurate. Gallagher attachment to 3rd SFG(A) at Camp Bastion cut short. Back at the AOB, they had been informed Gallagher was being sent back but were not informed why at that time. A second Special Forces member assigned to the AOB reported that when Gallagher arrived at Camp Bastion, he was boasting about having shot the farmer. At the AOB, the Special Forces common area and the operations center were in close proximity, and the walls were quite thin. That day, the AOB commander overheard Gallagher bragging about the killing, pulled him aside for a private conversation, and Gallagher was quickly put on a plane and sent away. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-07-02 08:01 |