[lilycicero]

WOW....

[DanielRedfoot]

Poor Murtha must be crushed...:(

[lilycicero]

Meant to ping you.

[Bigg Red]

Thank you, Lord.

[PGalt]

GRRRRRREAT!

(ping)

[jazusamo]

Outstanding News!!

[wendy1946]

I’m trying to picture a prosecutor charging an American soldier with murder for killing a German (civilian, military, doesn’t really matter) in 1944, but I’m not getting very far with it; my imagination basically isn’t that good.

[IMissPresidentReagan]

This is how screwed up our society has become. We send our soldiers into a war zone, where distinguishing between ally and enemy is next to impossible and then we charge them with MURDER when they defend themselves.

[BJClinton]

From AP via Yahoo!

the soldiers who reported Trevino didn't come forward until two months after the incident and did so because they were upset with his disciplinary measures. Stevens said they wanted to get rid of him as their leader and had no idea their accusations — which did not include murder — would result in a court-martial.

If true those two need to face a court-martial.

[loungeSerf]

Super news! Congratulations, Sgt Trevino!

Kind of troubling about the witnesses against the Sgt. I feel like I ate some rancid kimchee reading the defense attorney’s statement about them. I wonder what happens to those witnesses now?

[river rat]

"Military prosecutors said in closing arguments that the Iraqi's slaying last summer was unjustified because the insurgent was severely wounded from a gun battle and posed no threat."

Severely, even MORTALLY wounded men have still been capable of killing or calling out to warn others......

In a heated firefight - I would STILL regard it reckless to bypass a wounded combatant without assuring his certain elimination from the equation of risk.

A warrior OWES it to those brothers following - that all known risks have been addressed...

Visibly armed or not --- grenades or trip wires to charges can still be effectively used by a "wounded and unarmed enemy"....

This soldier should NEVER have been charged... A conviction would have put every soldier at risk by hesitating to do the SAFE and SANE thing in batle.

Borrowing a line from an old movie: "Ever been stung by a dead bee"

The same question and reality is appropriate for a wounded enemy warrior.

[Names Ash Housewares]

GOOD!

All this is UNNECESSARY to begin with.

and DAMN the filth that condemned our heroes and protectors and passed judgment upon them for hatred and politics from the safety and comfort of newspaper, TV and Washington offices.

Never forget, never forgive.

[proudmilitarymrs]

I’ll say nothing except that I am grateful one more time that God has intervened in this travesty of a military trial. May God continue to bless Sgt. Leonardo Trevino, and may he rightly give to God his thanks.

mrs

[pissant]

It is a travesty that these warriors are being tried for these bogus ‘crimes’ in the first place. That being said, THANK GOD!!

[sockmonkey]

Just awesome news. Our second San Antonio hero to be found not guilty this past week. I am so thrilled for him and his family.

[hsalaw]

Very good news.

[crittertracks]

I can only imagine what Sgt. Trevino and his family have gone through. Glad to hear this news of his acquital.

[TBP]

Liberals must be ready to cry. First the surge is workign, then the Iraqis are meeting the benchmarks, now a Marine is acquitted. What a terrible time!

[Paperdoll]

What a great way to start God’s new day! He does answer prayer! Thanks for the ping.

[ConfidentConservative]

Great News! The “murtha’s should crawl back in their holes about now.