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Marine Officer Charged with 6 Crimes for Criticizing Biden's Afghanistan Withdrawal
The Western Journal ^ | October 7, 2021 | Jack D

Posted on 10/07/2021 3:25:17 PM PDT by Hostage

The Marine Corps has filed six charges against Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller over his passionate attack on the leadership mistakes that marked the debacle of the Afghanistan withdrawal.

Scheller will face a misdemeanor-level special court-martial, according to Fox News.

The charges were referred by Maj. Gen. Julian D. Alford, and came a day after Scheller was released from the brig at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina.

Scheller ripped into senior military leadership in a series of videos and posts that began on the day a terrorist attack killed 13 U.S. service members in Kabul. He noted in his final Facebook post that he was defying orders to stop his public comments.

Scheller is accused of displaying contempt toward officials, disrespecting superior commissioned officers, willfully disobeying a superior commissioned officer, dereliction in the performance of his duties, failure to obey an order or regulation, and displaying conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.

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To: joshua c

“they cant handle the truth!”

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LOL! This poor guy is being vilified for speaking the truth out yet another Biden disaster.


21 posted on 10/07/2021 3:43:56 PM PDT by proud American in Canada ("Fear is a reaction; Courage is a decision." Winston Churchill)
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To: euram

Maybe he was protecting Trump as well as himself?

I predict Trump will forgive him and call him out for recognition in the years ahead.

It’s amazing how wars have been won because of slyness on the part of warrior leaders.


22 posted on 10/07/2021 3:44:20 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: Seruzawa

Me too.

Major Nichols didn’t like me.

5.56mm


23 posted on 10/07/2021 3:45:35 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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To: M Kehoe

Civilians think of the Law, the UCMJ is something else.


24 posted on 10/07/2021 3:47:52 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Hostage

>>>>>>>>>>1984<<<<<<<<<<<


25 posted on 10/07/2021 3:50:23 PM PDT by californian by choice
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To: Hostage

But Chelsea Manning is a “hero”.

Bizarro world we live in run by Lucifer.
This won’t end well for the workers of iniquity.


26 posted on 10/07/2021 3:52:01 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: redgolum

Violating the Chain of Command entails not following orders or executing orders of those not in the Chain of Command.

I can’t see it directly but maybe he was told to be silent and he disobeyed. Seems like charges were ‘lumped’ together to pad violations, make it look substantive.

I’m not condemning him because he has the right enemies. He threw away his career for a good cause. The Trump incident is noise and will be resolved in the years ahead if they don’t kill him first by an unfortunate accident.

The real bad guy here is The Thief-in-Chief.

Parents of Jailed Marine: Biden ‘Trying to Bury Him’ for ‘Speaking Truth to Power’
https://neonnettle.com/news/16855-parents-of-jailed-marine-biden-trying-to-bury-him-for-speaking-truth-to-power-


27 posted on 10/07/2021 3:52:13 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: Hostage

Those are charges, not convictions. Its a Captain’s Mast - a finding of charges, an arraignment, not a courts martial.


28 posted on 10/07/2021 3:55:44 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF

You are correct but reporters are hired guns to blow things out of proportion.

A Captain’s Mast allowed him to be dishonorably discharged even though he’s resigned his commission.

He’ll be Ok.


29 posted on 10/07/2021 3:59:35 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: NTHockey

They have him on Art 88 as well. The other stuff is filler.


30 posted on 10/07/2021 4:06:36 PM PDT by xkaydet65 ( )
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To: Hostage

Captains Mast cant DD someone. Or discharge him at all. Reduction in rank, up to 30 days in the brig, half-pay, etc. That’s about it. Unpleasant but not career ruining.


31 posted on 10/07/2021 4:07:29 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: euram

Really? Wow. Where did you read that?


32 posted on 10/07/2021 4:07:49 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: euram

Yikes, I just found it. What an ass.

Lt. Col Stuart Scheller of the US Marines
Lt. Col Stuart Scheller, shown here in an official Marine Corps photo. Marine Corp

Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller is in a military jail for denouncing the US over its Afghanistan pullout.
Pro-Trump entities have shared their support for Scheller, including by raising over $2 million.
Scheller, however, has said he’d rather “sit in jail” than accept support from Donald Trump.

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The MAGA community has raised more than $2 million for a Marine officer who went viral for criticizing the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and saying he wanted to “bring the whole fucking system down.” The officer in question, however, has spoken out against former President Donald Trump.

Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, a decorated battalion commander, is in military jail on suspicion of violating military laws.

After the news, the Pipe Hitter Foundation set up a fundraising platform for Scheller.

The foundation is run by the former Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, who was convicted in 2019 after posing for a photo with the body of an Islamic State captive. Trump granted him clemency in November 2020.

The appeal had raised more than $2,262,000 as of Sunday.

Scheller has been celebrated as a hero across right-wing politics, according to David Gilbert, writing in Vice. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, and Madison Cawthorn have backed him, and dozens of Republicans, led by Rep. Louie Gohmert, signed a letter calling for Scheller’s release.
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Scheller, however, has publically renounced any help from Trump or his followers, saying he would “rather sit in jail.”

He also said that Trump was responsible for “dividing our country.”

Writing on his Facebook page on September 25, he said: “President Trump. I was told by everyone to kiss the ring because of your following and power. I refuse. While I respect your foreign policy positions, I hate how you divided the country.

“I don’t need or want your help. You do not have the ability to pull US together. You may even win the next election. But your generation’s time is running out. Tell your son to stop tweeting about me. Your whole family knows nothing about US or our sacrifices. I could never work with you.”


33 posted on 10/07/2021 4:14:24 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: Seruzawa

Good info, thank you.


34 posted on 10/07/2021 4:28:01 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: Hostage

They have picked charges for which he can’t use the Truth about Afghanistan as a defense. Is there any section in the Military Code of Justice that allows officers to oppose clearly immoral and/or disastrous orders?


35 posted on 10/07/2021 4:28:50 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: Hostage
Scheller said whole more than that about Trump that that.

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Scheller said: I'd “rather sit in jail” than work with the former president.

“I was told by everyone to kiss Trumps ring because of your following and power. I refuse,” (This is BS)

“I hate how you divided the country,” “I don’t need or want your help. You do not have the ability to pull US together. You may even win the next election. But your generation’s time is running out.”

“Tell your son to stop tweeting about me,” the Marine added, referring to Don Trump Jr. “Your whole family knows nothing about US or our sacrifices.”

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If this guy had any political aspirations, he can ferrget about that.

36 posted on 10/07/2021 4:32:03 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Chewbarkah

I have seen military whistleblowers go after other military individuals that tried to silence, abuse, or punish them and the court used was a Civilian Title III Court.


37 posted on 10/07/2021 4:34:41 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: Hostage
The special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction - “all of the reports we’ve done, no one in the government has been held accountable.”

Aren't the Marines court martialing an officer for saying exactly that?

38 posted on 10/07/2021 4:35:18 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: M Kehoe

If a special court- martial, it isn’t NJP. It is a criminal proceeding. A FG officer is judge, jury and sentencing authority. No jury, no special investigation by a third party like NCIS/CID.

He’s been found guilty already.


39 posted on 10/07/2021 4:38:03 PM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War" )
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To: Hostage

Not that there’s any real comparison but Bowe Bagdahl criticized his commanders and actually deserted his post….and allowed himself to be captured by the Taliban. I recall POTUS Barack Obama and VP Joe Biden inviting Bergdahl’s parents to the Rose Garden and hugging them. Then…there was Susan Rice, who on every network, referred to Bergdahl as having served with honor and distinction.


40 posted on 10/07/2021 4:45:19 PM PDT by FryingPan101 (I miss Rush. )
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