Posted on 05/05/2007 6:07:07 PM PDT by RedRover
I think you’re right, boats. And since Huck’s testimony could pretty much end the cases against the four officers, wonder why anyone would want to discredit him?
Will it matter to Mattis? Don’t know. But the leakers clearly are working hard to win a victory against the Corps in the court of public opinion.
Is it to settle a score? Wish I knew the motive.
Wish I had Murtha’s telephone records.
You and me both. Though he may be delegating the dirty work to one of his lackeys in the DoD or Congress to keep his hands clean.
You know, I’ve never heard Murtha put forward a positive vision of our military. He’s said we need to prepare for the “next war”—which I guess means pouring money into next generation weaponry. But for use against whom?
As a retired LTC observed, “We’re fighting the next war NOW.” Military spending needs to forsee more conflicts like the ones we’re in. How do you fight them smarter? Murtha isn’t on that page at all.
After the close call murtha had with being on the inside of a cell over ABSCAM I think he learned a lesson that most criminals eventually learn, don't leave evidence.
I would be greatly surprised if any paper trail or phone records exist that could tie him to any of this. I believe his only contacts are through trusted cronies and it would take one of them to rat him out. JMO
Nice pun, jaz. LOL.
I’d offer him a Lucky Strike, and then I’d bitch slap him.
Pay attention ! ) Remember........Huck dropped Pantano’s charges. There’s motive, alright, and plenty of it.
And, yes, it matters to Mattis. He was the one Pantano ‘quoted’. “No better friend, no worse enemy.”
Just catching up....Red, set me straight here. Wasn’t Huck the one that had an investigation started in the first place against Pantano? I thought Pantano wasn’t too happy with Huck. Maybe Huck learned a lesson from that case about NCIS, the media circus, and propaganda provided for the enemy. Perhaps he decided to have a much higher bar to order an investigation, and in this case, since it was combat related, that bar wasn’t high enough.
Re. Mattis, I just wonder if that statement he made about “It’s fun to shoot some people...” hasn’t tied his hands and authority a little. He may not be able to afford to appear he’s turning a blind eye to Marines who are overly “aggressive”. Hopefully, now that this case has died down as breaking news, he can be a little more supportive of his Marines by providing the immunities, dropping charges, etc.
Re. Murtha...He just doesn’t appear smart enough to put all this together. It could be he’s being used by other parties around him. Also, his hit job on these Marines has been far too easy with no opposition. The media doesn’t oppose him, they encourage his outrageous statements about cold-blooded murderers, impeachment, etc. It’s good for their ratings. Noone in Congress seems to want to take him on because of his military past. This seems foolish to me, there are too many citizens who can’t stand him.
Well the first hearing begins today for Capt. Stone. Keeping fingers crossed the prosecution blows it big time.
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