Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterichpaging John Murtha
Staff Sgt. Frank WuterichMurtha, Harkin, Pelosi and Reid aren’t going to like this.
He should not be charged with anything. He should be fully exonerated of all charges. He was in battle, in a known hostile area. He is a US Marine, who is trained to fight the enemy and do his best to make sure his Marines live to see another day. He was doing his job.
This sounds like somebody is throwing the scumbag prosecutors a bone. I expect that an offer to plea out will be forthcoming shortly. Those scumbag prosecutors must be gnashing their teeth by now, and I have no doubt that others up the food chain are gnashing their teeth even harder. Somebody was supposed to get tarred and feathered "for the good of the Corps!", don't you know....
Thankfully, this disgraceful prosecution which has done so much to tarnish the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor may finally be coming to a close.
By the way:
the final decision about whether Wuterich should stand trial rests with Lt. Gen. James Mattis, the commanding general overseeing the case
I thought Mattis was promoted and replaced on this case? Does he still get the final call?
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Associated Press version.
Uh oh.....this REALLY looks bad for Murtha and his defenders....
However — I have a REAL problem with the lesser charge also.
How in hell is it possible to bring a charge of “Negligent Homicide” during a sweep of position from which one believed he had been fired upon -— during which as we have been told he “followed prescribed techniques” for clearing hostile space?
Could he have made a mistake? Sure? Was it intentional? They have just determined it WASN’T. So why was he “negligent”?.....
I’m a very old guy - and willing to have my opinion changed, with rational cause..
Isn’t this MORE a case of contributory homicide against the Islamist assholes and cowards who fired from a position which place women and children at risk?
“Negligent homocide” in combat is still a bullshit charge. Drop all charges, apologise and reinstate.
I've got a thread with a Murtha-Haditha timeline over here:
I'll do a text conversion and post it as thread later today:
IO Report - SSgt Frank Wuterich Article 32.
SCORE???!
Are these reporters nuts! This isn't a stupid game. Haven't scored any three pointers, but we got a few free throws against 3 higher officers????
I am appalled at the liberally fixated enemedia.
That line shows clearly that they consider this an us vs them, media vs military issue. What in the world kind of mindset is that??
It's like the goofball reporter yesterday who lamented that LTC Ware made his decision based "strictly on the law." They thought that was awful.
Well, what should it be based on????