Posted on 06/01/2006 1:51:16 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Here are two resources for getting Haditha straight from today forward:
A timeline of how things have come to today:
http://www.gopvideo.com/2006june/haditha_iraq_investigation_timeline.html
And a brief start of showing the recent Murtha My Lai Media bandwagon effect
http://www.gopvideo.com/2006june/murtha_my_lai_bandwagon.html
Expect lots of updates
Damn it...I get madder every day....
These same Marines fought in Fallujah I believe. I'm standing with them and I called my senators today and told them if they want a Court Martial, then I want them to put my U. S. Air Force Blues back on me and court martial me with them. The fact that I could even call my senators is because of them and I will stand with the even if they violated the UCMJ.
What about Jack Zimmerman He's a Texan, former Marine Colonel, who has represented some pretty high profile folks, some of which y'all would approve of defending, other's whom you might not.
from the site above
Mr. Zimmermann served for 14 years on active duty, including duty as the commanding officer of two artillery batteries in combat, where he earned two Bronze Star medals for heroism and the Purple Heart for wounds in action. He served for 16 years as an officer in the Marine Corps Reserve, including duty as the commanding officer of the infantry battalion headquartered in Houston. He retired in 1994 as a colonel, and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his final assignment as a felony court-martial judge. Mr. Zimmermann served as lead counsel in the "Border Shooting Case" where two state grand juries and one federal grand jury refused to indict the active-duty Marine who returned fire, killing the man who fired on his patrol. Mr. Zimmermann was lead counsel in defense of a Marine aviator charged with twenty-seven specifications of orders violations. All charges were dismissed after the Article 32 hearing. He served as lead counsel for the Marine who was charged with negligent homicide for the death of an Iraqi prisoner, and was successful in getting all charges dismissed after a six day Article 32 hearing. Mr. Zimmermann was lead counsel in the court-martial of an Army surgeon, who was cleared of 19 specifications of distribution of controlled substances, obstruction of justice, false official statement, and orders violations. The military jury deliberated for 45 minutes.
The pentagon whimps and their "ETHICAL" training classes can go to hell.
SEMPER FI MARINES, GOD BLESS YOU ALL and "THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR defending this nation's sorry pathetic leftist assho.es!!"
Kimber's lawyer, ironically, is Paul Hackett of recent Ohio political fame.
Good find!
Delacoert, see post 24
I read in another thread/article that the reason Capt. James Kimber was relieved of command was unrelated to the Haditha investigations, but this article seems to say the same thing about the other two officers, i.e.,
VERY interesting.
Well, thank goodness I'm not obsessed with being "P.C." I am really upset we have allowed some stupid commanding general to relieve junior officers on suspect grounds before we even have a hearing on these charges, as this tells all the other men their general ain't gonna be there when the going gets tough! This S.O.B. should be reduced in rank to Private, as he doesn't deserve to lead anything, much less a Marine battalion. To hell with him and his P.C. crap! Talk about a morale buster....this dude is one in spades!
Well I'll be DARNED! Imagine that. No 5, 6, 9, and 10 pm news coverage huh?? Even the media knows that means it didn't happen.
I hate to feel vindicated on this one, but one of the reasons I adamantly opposed this war in Iraq from the beginning was that I was certain it would eventually end up with this kind of silly, PC, nation-building sh!t.
I am not a Bushbot.The President has made many mistakes. The one that still galls me is the appointment of that ineffective democrat as Secretary of Transportation.
Now, what do you wish to debate?
Looks lijke the good Gen has not been assigned to very many combat leadership positions in his career
http://www.i-mef.usmc.mil/DIV/cobio.asp
Lots of 'meals on wheels" missions, lots of training and admin stuff, and 'lil Bill was on watch when he was promoted.....
SO far, no surprises.
Patton supressed the fact that GIs lined up and executed over 200 German soldiers and medical personnel at a camp just outside one of the infamous concentration camps - most of whom had nothing to do with what had been going on there (the guards at the camp, some 30 or so were shot separately) ... eventually there were a couple of courts-martial but the thing was basically swept-under the rug; so this kind of stuff has happened before, and our enforcement has been spotty - certainly few people were willing to give the Germans any mercy given what had happened....
Unfortunately, unless he has the stomach and the bucks for a multi-year long, ultimately probably futile fight, Capt Kimber's career is done for. Wrong or right that's just the way it is. Its gonna come down to that 2-star general's commander's judgment, and absent evidence of malfeasance, that's where the buck stops.
Capt Kimber might have been able to get promoted eventually if he had quietly transferred into the Reserves, but going public with this kind of complaint is usually the kiss of death for a career.
Then I'm sure Mr. Hackett will ensure he doesn't spend too much time in the brig for this massacre.(sarcoff)
Yes, or somebody with his background.
Is Hackett the Democrat Congressional candidate that was "rolled" by the Deaniacs?
Is Hackett a junkyard-dog-mean attorney?
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