Looks like this was written solely for readers fully familiar with the allegations and details of a “shadow conspiracy.” As is stands now, the piece makes little, if any, sense.
Rudder: Yes, this was written for those of us who have been following the Haditha fiasco for the past two years. Try Googling “Justin Sharratt” and “Haditha Marines”. It is an amazing (if disrgaceful) story about a squad of heroic Marines who engaged in battle against insurgents following an IED blast that killed one Marine and seriously injured two others. A naive, overzealous reporter for TIME Magazine was subsequently duped by a couple of insurgent propagandists and the Pentagon and the Bush Administration then caved to liberal pressure and thought they could make the controversy go away if they simply threw a few Marines under the bus. Those cowards were very wrong.
Darryl Sharratt: Excellent post. Thanks for your thoughts.
1. Murtha made obscene and treasonous PUBLIC charges against the Marines currently charged. To date, charges have been dropped against 4 of the 7 Marines.
2. Murtha can make or break a Military Contractor from his position on the House Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations.
3. Murtha is STRONGLY motivated to see at least some Marines charged with violating the ROE and going on a “wild, cold blooded killing spree”.
4. Current Sec. of the Navy has had STRONG ties to several corporations who rely upon HEAVY military spending — initiated from Murtha’s Subcommittee...
5. Current Sec. of the Navy will very likely return to the Corporate world when the “new administration” comes in in 2009.
6. It would seem this Sec. of the Navy is subject to excessive pressure to ensure there is at lease SOMEONE hung out to dry to help get Murtha off the hook.....and “earn” his “gratitude”..
7. The poster is concerned that “political/financial issues” may color the integrity of the persecution..... And, I meant persecution..... The private and military defense attorneys have been kicking the persecution's ass all over the courtroom — BUT - the persecution only need to “hang” one Marine to provide cover for Murtha’s treasonous remarks against them....
Murtha needs to be charged, sued or simply flushed — which is appropriate for the turd that he has become..