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2009-03-18 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Sherry 2009-03-18 15:05|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 The fact that any of this outrageous claims were brought into court and pursued is a huge failure of the courts and shows how much political influence can be brought against lawfully acting soldiers.

This case alone is a huge argument against putting our military at the mercy of the international kangaroo court.

We don't forget those that deliberately slander and falsely prosecute our brave soldiers for political and personal gain. It would be wise of our politicians to remember this.

Posted by DarthVader 2009-03-18 15:26|| 2009-03-18 15:26|| Front Page Top

#2 ok the fact that he was charged and he wasn't even there is pure crap. Second what about the moron who turned rat on his fellow soldiers and made a deal with the prosecutors in this case and what about those soldiers he ratted out? I hope the LT colonel gets off before Obama sees the story and throws him in jail his self on presidential orders

Posted by rabid whitetail 2009-03-18 15:36|| 2009-03-18 15:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Not too mention did they send him back into the combat zone while he was being prosecuted on these charges? Since he did serve 3 tours in Iraq

Posted by rabid whitetail 2009-03-18 15:37|| 2009-03-18 15:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Continued Thompson, "This nation has come to the point where we can't call terrorists captured on the battlefield 'enemy combatants.' We release the terrorists out of Guantanamo and prosecute the military our country placed in harms' way to defend us."
A very sad state of affairs.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-03-18 16:32|| 2009-03-18 16:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Muck Furtha

Posted by Hyper 2009-03-18 18:55|| 2009-03-18 18:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Let's hope the lawsuits against Murtha are proceeding well. When won, the funds are used to sue the guts out of Time and other collaborators.

Posted by ed 2009-03-18 18:59|| 2009-03-18 18:59|| Front Page Top

#7 Does this make a clean sweep of the Haditha "case" - perhaps except for one Marine who pleaded out to some lesser charges to cooperate with the prosecution?

If not a 100% collapse, this marks a 95% collapse of the Haditha case.

And one must admit that, amidst the hourly - and seemingly increasing - absurdities and outrages that have been occurring for years, the juxtaposition of this case sputtering to a conclusion, even while released detainees lead insurgent groups in southern A'stan, and the USG beclowns itself with its craven yet empty abandonment of perfectly acceptable terminology WRT terrorists who fall outside the Conventions and other relevant bodies of law, sort of takes the cake.

Posted by Verlaine 2009-03-18 21:25|| 2009-03-18 21:25|| Front Page Top

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