[bigheadfred]

http://www.freeevanvela.com/

[bigheadfred]

http://www.freeevanvela.com/

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/03/30/2008-03-30_american_sniper_hung_out_to_dry.html

We still need the help of All Americans with letters of Clemency and with funding for an appeal. Go to http://www.freeevanvela.com/ for more information on how to help.

[Lancey Howard]

Thanks for the ping!

[lilycicero]

We’re over here Ranger.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Back in the 1980s, in an army ethics class, the conclusion was reached that

“Soldiers do what they have to do in wartime. But they should know ahead of time that they will be judged, not at the front by other warriors, but in the rear by those who neither understand nor sympathize with their situation, who have never used a rifle in battle, and who seek not military justice, the upholding of order and discipline; but to assuage politicians that the ugliness of war can be expunged in court, and that all will be forgiven except the designated scapegoat, chosen to bear the sins, real and imagined, of the conflict. Once he is, or they are, punished, then all is forgiven and can be forgotten.”

[jazusamo]

BUMP for Sgt Vela!

[Republic of Texas]

I need to go throw up.

[TomasUSMC]

small sniper team ordered for days into the “Triangle of Death” south of Baghad

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Now if you use bombs and wipe out the Triangle of Death, you don’t have these rules of engagement problems.