HERO REIDS DEM THE RIOT ACT

NY Post ^ | 4/24/07

[JZelle]

Cool BUMP!

[greyfoxx39]

The people of Darfur are more deserving of our help, you know. Yet, if our forces met the inevitable opposition of the government of Sudan, they would want to bug out in 2 seconds flat.

Your post is unclear. Did you forget a sarcasm tag? Or did you forget to add the phrase the democrats would want to bug out in 2 seconds flat? I don't think you can speak for "our (military) forces" in such terms, can you?

[freema]

Published in the NY Post!?

[ClaireSolt]

Sorry, I meant Democrats. I can’t imagine the military wants that duty to begin with, though.

[sweetiepiezer]

http://jcrue.wordpress.com/recall-reid/

[Captain Rhino]

I agree with what the Corporal has to say about the thinly veiled backstabbing of the troops and sabotaging of their mission that is currently being proposed by the Democratic leadership of the Congress as the “new direction” in the war in Iraq.

While we civilians have the right to relatively free speech (and we frequently and sometimes obnoxiously exercise that right), the members of the armed forces who purchase that right with their faithful service (and frequently with their bodies) do not. Those on active duty need to be cautious in their communications. You just never know where an impassioned private email or candid photograph is going to turn up. And, once released by the sender, these items take on separate lives of their own. For service members, there are limits to what can be said, who can say it, how it can be said, and to whom it can be said. Friends and relatives who decide to pass these items along also need to recognize that such limits exist.

I would print out the relevant portions of the Manual for Courts Martial (MCM) (2005 edition), but they run over six pages in MSWord and posting that would be abuse. So here is a link to a .pdf file containing the MCM, 2005 edition.:

http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/law/mcm.pdf

(I have cited the relevant page number in the MCM so you can look up the text if you wish.)

The Corporal CANNOT be charged under Article 88: Contempt Towards Officials. (Found at MCM page IV-16) This article only applies to commissioned officers. Since he is a corporal, a key element of the offense cannot be satisfied.

It might be possible to charge the Corporal under one of these articles:

Article 134: General Article; Clause 1(b):Breach of custom of the service

or

Article 134: General Article; Clause 2: Conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces.

(Both found at MCM page IV-96)

Of the two, Article 134: General Article; Clause 2 is probably the more applicable one.

Personally, I think the question of whether or not he ends up with anything more that a counseling session with the First Sergeant depends on how the email got out onto the net. Anyway, I bring this up only because the liberals are probably going to get their panties in a twist and claim the Corporal has committed an offense against the UCMJ. Freepers need to have access to the applicable references in the UCMJ before they go forward and mix it up with them.

[Freeport]

Sometimes confronting evil requires a sacrifice. Since he knows the code, and since he’s obviously fed up with the surrender monkeys in the Democratic party, he’s willing. So’s the Lieutenant whose email is also posted on the page.

Are they guilty of breaking the code, yes. Should they have, yes. Will they be made examples of, probably. Should we discount them, heck no!

[Marine_Uncle]

The snake could give a damn about what the Marine had to say. He and his ilk are prepared to do whatever they can to make it look like the demorats should control both houses as well as the POTUS.
They are as evil as any KGB operative IMHO. If enough stupid Americans do not wake up, they just may meet their goals.
Lest anyone overlook. Harry Reid if he wanted to, could obtain extremly accurate projections as how things are changing for the good in Iraq. He either is well informed and deliberatly works against winning Iraq or he is one hell of an asshole who simply is a political hack, does nothing to earn his salary, and will do anything that is required to forward the mainstream liberal movement.
He most probably fits both of these roles but in either case is a snake of the worst kind to be sure.

[Grampa Dave]

[Cannoneer No. 4]

Reid-Ripper Fires Up GIs

[takeemout]

Would be nice if a Republican had the guts to say this....

[OldCorps]

God bless you and your fellow marines! Pansies like Harry Reid and Chuck Schmuker are not worthy to hold your coffee. Political nuance, talking points, position papers; all that crap in Washington D.C. means nothing to a soldier or marine dodging bullets for our nation.

We as a nation have a duty and moral obligation to support our combatants who are risking their lives for our country. Those politicians who do not do so should be exposed as the abettors for the enemy that they are.

[Names Ash Housewares]

Duncan Hunter is demanding he resign as majority leader.
That is something.