[knarf]

Charged ... not found guilty.

My prayers for every warrior under more duress than any 100 cops.

Every man here, that has been in a barroom fight or schoolyard fight understands what quick thinking followed by action ... is all about.

And we don't condemn the guy that stood up and tried, but may have screwed up (ya shoulda' blocked, man)

God bless, protect and forgive our warriors, protecting us from being annihilated off the world stage.

[areafiftyone]

Charged ... not found guilty.

TRUE!! I'm praying for him and the others!

[Hawk1976]

In the situations these Marines found themselves in, I would have been following the "it's better to do anything now than the right thing when it's too late" dictum.

I've been in more schoolyard fights than I care to remember, a barroom brawl, spent several hours on foot fleeing the policia in Nogales, Mexico, and got in a mix-up somewhere very south of the border. That rule has always served me well in those times. It bothers me greatly because I think these good men are on trial for something they shouldn't even be investigated for.