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Green Beret compares US military inaction in Afghan rapes to Penn State scandal
Stars & Stripes ^ | 10/8/15 | Dan Lamothe

Posted on 10/08/2015 5:13:22 PM PDT by markomalley

A Green Beret who may be pushed out of the Army for beating up an alleged child rapist sees a parallel between the U.S. military's failure to stop child rape in Afghanistan and a scandal at home: The abuse of children in the Penn State University football program.

Sgt. 1st Class Charles Martland, a former college football player, made the comparison in a letter sent to Rep. Duncan Hunter, R.-Calif., Tuesday night and released to The Washington Post. It comes as he faces the possibility of involuntary separation for his actions in September 2011, when he and his commanding officer, former Capt. Dan Quinn, acknowledge they beat up an Afghan police commander who they say laughed about raping a boy in Kunduz province.

"I chose the morally right decision because moral law transcends all boundaries and organizations," said Martland, who was a walk-on on the Florida State University football team before joining the Army. "I learned about the moral right from the Christian values and beliefs of Coach Bobby Bowden at Florida State University. We all learned about the moral right during the Penn State football program's child sex abuse scandal."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: captdanquinn; charlesmartland; danquinn; martland; quinn

1 posted on 10/08/2015 5:13:22 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

BAM! That nails it.


2 posted on 10/08/2015 5:15:50 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: markomalley
"I learned about the moral right from the Christian values and beliefs of Coach Bobby Bowden at Florida State University. We all learned about the moral right during the Penn State football program's child sex abuse scandal."

Powerful...

3 posted on 10/08/2015 5:16:08 PM PDT by GOPJ (Democrats want gun legislation? Fine. Pass a Bill outlawing 'gun free' zones.)
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To: markomalley

Your muslim CiC has no problem with afghan “boy play”.

Maybe the first clue was the CiC forcing the military to allow sodomites and lesbians to infiltrate the ranks, along with actively purging the ranks of dissenters, Christians, and American patriots.


4 posted on 10/08/2015 5:23:04 PM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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To: markomalley

Great analogy.


5 posted on 10/08/2015 5:27:46 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: factoryrat

Now that our military specializes in homosexual affirmation why the fuss about Iraqi good times? I expect some of the US top leadership enjoys such postings and understands the team building efforts with our allies.


6 posted on 10/08/2015 5:34:30 PM PDT by whistleduck ("....the calm confidence of a Christian with 4 aces".....S. Clemens)
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To: markomalley

The military policy will change when the muslim homosexual is no longer soiling the American peoples White House.


7 posted on 10/08/2015 5:35:39 PM PDT by Iron Munro (The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
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To: markomalley

. “I learned about the moral right from the Christian values and beliefs of Coach Bobby Bowden at Florida State University”

Amen. My Alma Mater.


8 posted on 10/08/2015 6:55:25 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: FreedomPoster

Yep. Obviously the homo in chief does not want real men like this in the military.


9 posted on 10/08/2015 6:57:19 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: markomalley

Too bad FlJoePa has left :)


10 posted on 10/08/2015 8:17:52 PM PDT by PlateOfShrimp
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To: markomalley

Hey N.A .S.A., how’ that mooselimb out reach going for ya?
Another once great institution gone to shit by obammy.


11 posted on 10/09/2015 4:41:51 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ( Obammy is a lie, a mooselimb and pond scum.)
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