"Pantano's either lying or telling the truth. Sounds like whatever it is, you don't care, let him go either way. Am I wrong about that?"
Don't even start to put words in my mouth!
Pantano's investigation should have never gone this far.
He was in a live or die combat situation and unless YOU have ever been in that situation YOU don't have a friggin' clue.
I HAVE and I say HE DID THE RIGHT THING!
I wouldn't have gone through that car myself either.
Let the idiots go through it and if they try to pull something wrong then END IT!
Better them than me and my fellow Marines.
Good day!
Okay, Stud. I have been in that situation. Finger on the trigger, weapon of safe and pointed at the target, all I have to do is move my index finger 1/4 an inch and instant death.......it was one of my own guys......luckily, I followed what I was taught and didn't shoot him. At the time, I thought he was the enemy and it was either kill or be killed.
You were infantry. Which one of the 5 S's when dealing with EPW's says unsecure them so they can go back to their vehicle and search for boobytraps? When those terrorists were in handcuffs, Pantano was in the "speed to the rear" phase.
Apparently, Coburn's recitation of what he saw indicates that he was not in a "live or die" situation. That is the whole purpose of the investigation.
Now, if you would like to get back on track with initial suggestion. Stay with me here, Kelly. Why not have them go down and take a polygraph?
Do you think it would be better to not investigate, even though somebody reported an execution? Nothing to see here...Nothing happened......forget about this statement from the RTO.......Move along......
The truth will set him free....or it will convict him, depending on who's telling the truth.