this is going to turn out to be some REMF responding to pressure from the brass at the Pentagon in order to prove to the Army that the Marines aren't a bunch of "knuckle-dragging" killers.
The asshats that put these men in f'ing solitary confinement need to go check the tail rotor of a chopper.
These guys were outside the wire, facing the enemy and have to actually kill or be killed.... and then you've got these air-conditioned, political bureaucrats dressed in JAG costumes trying to screw them over.
On another thread somebody made the comment that JAG officers go on convoy.....
SO WWHAT!
How about loading up your gear and go for a nice little house to house assault on a quick response team.... then watching your friends get turned into chunks of meat while you see faces in the windows that could have prevented it....or are using phones that may have set off the charge.
What if those innocent people where used as shields as your men are taking RPGs or automatic weapon fire from the house....
the islamo-pukes like to use civilians as shields just for this bs reason.... the islamo-pukes that get killed are just Innocent men/ the women and children are "murdered" and the Marines get the f'ing shaft by their own.
Beautiful!..
Look for more of the same... it's their M.O.... look at how they are staging the same crap in Lebanon with the Israelis...
I can't be the only one that sees this obvious bs.
Somebody at headquarters needs to read Mao's book on Guerrilla warfare..... heck a Marine translated it about 30 -40 years ago.
I got it as a gift from my pop...
What if those innocent people where executed by the enemy right before they set off the bomb so they could be left behind as evidence of the inhumanity of the coalition forces?
If you ask me, without reliable eyewitnesses, the Marines get the benefit of the doubt.
Shalom.
Good post - thank you!