Prayers up for 1st Lt. Grayson, his family, and the defense team. Any idea how long the court martial is expected to last?
With all the overheated rhetoric coming from the left and all the media articles published and all the time and money spent pursuing alleged culprits, putting forth a scapegoat has become an imperative.
Prayers up for Lt. Grayson, his legal team, friends and family.
Further, while many of these citizens were “un-armed” it stands to question just how “innocent” or “un-involved” they may have been about the incident.
There is something to be said for an anticipated reaction to hostilities in any given war or specific battle. The anticipated reaction of the USA to a nuclear strike by the USSR is what prevented hostilities. The precursor to that understanding happened to be events in Japan that ended WWII.
A successful strategy in past wars was to have the “innocent civilians” fear their enemy more than they feared their own fighters. Break their will to fight and/or support the fight is what won the Asian side of WWII.
The same could be said for terrorist attacks on the USA. I would expect and hope, God Forbid, that if the USA was attacked again, much of the world would wring their hands and go into panic about the anticipated reaction. We have set precedence with our reaction to 9/11. I believe that our reaction does serve as a deterrent. I would expect that rational leaders of government around the world hope that America is never attacked again for fear or our going out and toppling another country or two.
Peace through strength. It is why I believe, 100%, that we can never “pull out of Iraq.” I don't care if we “occupy” sovereign territory (Bases) in Iraq for 100 years if our ominous presence strikes fear into the hearts and souls of those that wish our innocent civilians harm.
Again, I do not condone the reckless killing of innocent civilians in any battle but understand the fog of war and adrenaline induced action in a firefight. It's an unfortunate and messy business, this thing we call war. It is also unfortunate that war is often necessary to defend innocence and freedoms. It is costly but the ROI is invaluable.
What really gets to me is that even though so many have been acquitted of the charges the press just refuse to report the truth. First, we read about how authorites maintain that 8 marines killed the Iraqi civilians. Then a few paragraphs after that there is a vague mention of the fact that the authorities have FAILED so far to prove their case against these men and that most have already been acquitted! Absolutely disgusting.
Prayers for Lt. Grayson and his family.
I add my prayers for Lt Grayson.
I pray that this will be over for him (and his family) very soon.
What a flippin’ nightmare. :^(
Hallelujah! I hope they are all well compensated for their inexcusable trouble!