Posted on 08/23/2008 12:55:32 PM PDT by RedRover
NAZARIO TRIAL, DAY ONE: "This kind of case is supposed to be in a military court"
FALLUJAH MURDER CASE: THE TRIAL OF JOSE NAZARIO [LIVE THREAD]
They continue to serve their nation, even when placed in jeopardy.
The liberal leftie prosecution wants to brand these men as criminals, when all they did was the duty they saw fit in battle.And they did it in the face of Islamofascists on the field of battle who would have done them a lot worse.
" You killed the wrong person:" argument doesn't work on a battle field. The so called noncombatant one minute can pick up a rifle or grenade the next.
The context of this POLITICAL trial is esentially socialist. Since when is America allowed to have political trials of soldiers? Sounds like something out of Kaffka, or something from the bowels of a commie society.
NOT GUILTY!
If Bush had any stones he’d free these Marines right now, but unfortunately he has none.
Yeah, Ma. I just discovered this one today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-u6kLmZrVs
I talk with Sean’s Mom almost every day. She lost Sean on his third tour on July 30, 2007. No one was with her on the 1st anniversary...
Semper Fidelis.
Damn. That takes my breath away.
Forgetting to breathe, you know.
I let it out.
And forget to take it back in.
And I think you're right.
Prayers for these guys that justice will set them free.
And I think that any military court that has active duty on the jury panel will have a hard time finding either Weemer or Nelson guilty. Assuing the military jury panel is aware of what they did in federal court, I don’t think too many Marines would want to second guess their faithfullness and determination in Nazrio’s case to hang them out to dry. Either way, these two men have laid a lot on the line. Impressive.
Har! I'd like to see a photo of this punk Behnke. I'll guess he's a mouse-faced little weasel who ran like a scared bunny rabbit from the playground bullies.
Or maybe he's just another California judge looking for a TV show. Larson could dismiss the charges and throw this pathetic "case" out of his courtroom anytime he wants. But here we go - - four years later and no bodies, no identifications, no report of a crime, no evidence, no nothing, except the foggy heresay of wartime pseudo-memories. Is somebody friggin' kidding me?
You may think Larson "appears to be okay", but man, I don't trust him.
Unfortunately, there’s a very strict “no-photo” policy even on the sidewalks outside the courtroom. Nat has his camera with him but hasn’t been able to make use of it.
So that picture will have to wait.
Agreed, Girl.
If you won't fight for your rights and the rights of others, then for Pete's sake don't complain when you lose them.
Bears repeating.
Love your tagline, by the way.
Just sayin’ from Nat’s reporting. You’re right, if he was really okay he would throw the case out and put the DA in jail.
I happened to be discussing this case with a fellow township official at my office late yesterday. He knew nothing about it until I brought it up. (I can’t blame him for that. The mainstream media coverage it is receiving is all but non-existent.) When I explained to him the particulars, he was livid, and, after we discussed Nazario’s tragedy-in-the-making, he blurted out, ‘I really don’t know why anyone would want to enlist anymore.’ He (and I, to a degree, as well) believes that our military is fighting every bit as hard a battle against the enemies of America within our borders as those outside of them. And he said that he doesn’t really comprehend what they are fighting to preserve.
It was different during World War II (and even, to a degree, in Vietnam, before the societal rot had assumed a vice-like grip). There were values and freedoms that needed defending. And the majority of Americans embraced those values and held dear those freedoms.
That is no longer the case.
I posted a photo on my weblog, months back, of a Marine in Iraq who had pasted on his locker a crudely-written sign: ‘The Marines are facing the enemy in Iraq. America is at the mall.’
While I hold our military in the highest respect, like my friend, I believe they are defending virtues and values that no longer exist – at least not in the minds and hearts of most Americans. And certainly not in the minds and hearts of our leaders.
God bless Jose Nazario, and the thousands like him who are laying their lives on the line for a nation, the majority of whose citizens value the accumulation of creature comforts, and the ability to be ‘entertained’, far more than the timeless treasures of liberty and sovereignty that these men are willing to die to preserve.
Before leaving the subject of citizen ignorance and apathy, let me tell you something I did today that added to my discouragement in that regard ...
My husband and I are very interested in seeing the movie I.O.U.S.A. – a critically-acclaimed documentary that focuses on examining our ever-growing national debt, and the impact it will eventually have on our republic. It was just released so we have been attempting, in various ways, to find out where it is playing. Of course, since it is a hard-hitting story regarding something about which every American should be deeply concerned, its release appears to be very limited. As a matter of fact, we have visited numerous movie websites, including the producer’s own, and have been unable to discover the theater closest to us that is showing it (We are willing to travel a significant distance).
In the process, I have come across listings for probably twenty-five different movies that are showing within a fifty-mile radius of our house, hardly any of which I have heard about, and absolutely none of which I would want to see – even if they were playing in my front yard, admission were free, and I were carried from my house into my theater seat (and offered free buttered popcorn).
Bread and circuses, anyone?
~ joanie
I cannot help but think just how many more Marines and soldiers are going to find themselves in similar shoes as these charades are allowed to continue. It is open season on those that have served their country during war time conditions.
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