That's the same message I'm getting -- from you, from the press, from my next-door neighbors.
I also got a similar message about Ilario Pantano. Fortunately, a trial was held before his execution.
And the more I read about this case, the more discrepancies I find in various stories - from both perspectives. And when the defense speaks out, SHOCKINGLY their story presents a different picture.
I refuse to throw combat-tested Marines overboard prematurely. Semper Fi, esprit de corps, the few, the proud, all that good stuff. Remember?
If they're charged and found guilty, they'll pay. As will their families. If they're not charged, they'll still pay, as will their families. Will you be as vocal then? Or will you just disappear? If it's the latter, at least this time please spare us a fake opus, okay?
I never heard that about Pantano.
The folks who told me "don't worry" about Pantano are saying "brace for it" on this.
And when the defense speaks out, SHOCKINGLY their story presents a different picture.
Generally, it's easy to tell when a defense attorney is lying. His lips are moving. (/cynical former cop mode)
If it's the latter, at least this time please spare us a fake opus, okay?
I haven't opused. I'm not Poohbah. I met Poohbah once. He's a high-strung a$$hole IRL. Me, I'm generally not, as long as I make my physical therapy appointments (I have chronic pain from several injuries).
Yeah, don't you love the way they go slinking off into the quietness of the dark when their lack of faith in our fighting mens' ethics and honor is proved to have been the wrong course?
They're no better than the treacherous lying media they parrot and believe.
It may not have been P.T. Barnum who said there's a sucker born every minute, but the adage remains true no matter who said it. People who take the word of the media and local rumor over that of our guys are foolish and despicable for forsaking our soldiers and don't deserve the freedom secured for them by the blood of these fighting men. It is our duty as the benefactors of the sacrifices of these men and their families to support them until that becomes no longer possible through incontrovertible proof beyond a reasonable doubt presented in the proper venue. Until and unless that happens, they should do the honorable thing and STFU.