Sending an E mail right away!
Ping!
WHERE IS THE ACLU?
Oh, yeah, they only protect Communists, Perverts and Illegal Alens!
I heard about this on a radio show last night, and it blew me away. I am surprised at our military treating this young men like this when they haven't been charged yet. I don't understand what is going on here.
http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/gunnyg/thennnow.html
Some folks need to study-up on just what "loyalty" ,eans and how to apply it!
It's despicable that psycho killer Hasan Akbar -- a mass-murdering koranimal found guilty of killing 2 officers in Kuwait -- gets better treatment on Death Row than the innocent 8 guys held at Camp Pendleton.
My nephew is at Pendelton and he is very upset about this. He was with those 8 in Iraq a couple weeks before this so called attack. He said there is no way they are quilty of such crimes.
What can we do for them?
I'd like one of our FR Military Attorneys to weigh in on this.
If these men are in "pre-trial confinement", then that means they have been placed there under the UCMJ, have had a hearing that ordered that confinement, and the Authority that placed them in confinement found probable cause to do so.
These men are on active duty and subject to the UCMJ, and there are rules that cover pre-trial confinement. If they arebeing confined "pre-trial", then that implies that they are going to be tried for something, therefore there must be charges against these men that are serious enough to require that level of security, previous military service aside.
Let's not go DU-ish on this. Let's find out what the facts really are first.
bttt
http://corner.nationalreview.com/print/
Tell the Commandant [Michael Ledeen]
I've just sent this letter to General Michael Hagee, the Commandant of the Marine Corps (comrel@hqmc.usmc.mil). You might want to pile on:
Dear General Hagee,
I'm dismayed by your recent behavior.
It seems to me an outrage, and quite possibly illegal to boot, to put Marines in the brig and to shackle them, when no charges have been filed against them.
It seems to me an outrage for you to brief the likes of Congressman Murtha before the investigation was complete, and even then you should have told him to wait, to let justice take its course.
It seems to me an outrage for you to reinforce the utterly false notion that your Marines are out of control by zooming off to Iraq to deliver sermons on proper ethics. Every Marine officer with whom I am familiar has received extensive ethical training, and they daily remind their Marines of their ethical obligations. You know this well. Why, then, do you act as if they have a moral deficit?
And it seems to me an outrage for you to fail to say, in response to all questions about these allegations, that Americans are innocent until proven guilty, and nobody has even been charged in this matter.
I think it was your duty to say these things to the American people, instead of giving the impression you believed the worst.
It also seems to me an outrage for the Corps to act as if the "Hadji Girl" song praised the killing Muslims, when the lyrics told a story--a fictional story, mind you--about terrorists trying to lure a Marine to a place they could kill HIM. Have you actually read the lyrics?
This sort of preemptive surrender inevitably has a bad effect on the morale of the Corps, and does nothing to deter future political attacks. You have gained nothing except the contempt of the Corps' enemies, who know that if they can destroy the unique image of U.S. Marines, they will have taken a giant step toward defeating us in the current war.
I do hope that in your remaining weeks as Commandant you will find many opportunities to stand by your Marines. They sure deserve a lot better than they've received.
Posted at 9:48 AM
comrel@hqmc.usmc.mil