Well thanks for that answer, Star Traveler, as to "why" these SEALs were brought up on charges. This is what I got from your reply. We don't know all the facts, something must have happened to have the charges preferred, we'll know once the Article 32 or court martial is over.
I asked for an opinion. An opinion calls for discernment, judging, connecting the dots, what-have-you.....not just stating the obvious - that we don't have all the facts and until we have all the facts, we just won't know.
In my opinion, these charges are over the top. They are outrageous. To publicly prefer charges against SEALs for a possible punch to this terrorist is sending a message to all our troops: "Your leadership is more interested in their career than winning a war. You will be thrown under the bus at a mere hint of bending a ROE to protect yourself or a mere hint of not treating detainees with the utmost respect we would reserve for jaywalkers".
The leadership is weak. Casey opined about diversity after a radical muslim within his own military terrorized and murdered some of his own. obama didn't want us to jump to conclusions and refers to our military as a great photo-op. We have SEALs who are out of theatre, facing charges, and possible confinement because they "might" have bent a detainee rule.
A military that follows all imposed rules without discernment, judgement, and survival instincts is a military that shows weakness. Officers should be resigning in protest. Instead we have weak leadership who goes along with the current PC environment in hopes of keeping their careers.
News flash: the punishment may not just come from our own justice system.
UNREAL: obama May Allow US Soldiers to be Tried in the Hague It's time for leadership to step up to the plate.
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This is what I got from your reply. We don't know all the facts, something must have happened to have the charges preferred, we'll know once the Article 32 or court martial is over.
Yeah, that sounds about right. I wouldn't be trying to get upset over things that no one fully knows or understands yet. That's jumping the gun on the matter.
It's different when you know that an Administration is pushing something like "Obamacare" in which you know what the situation is, that is being promoted. In this case, there's a lot that we don't know yet.
What you and I don't know can make us look stupid if we get upset over something and facts come out later that make it clear that we were wrong. That's the problem that one encounters with these kinds of things.
Sure, I would like to get in there and know all the details and facts, and then I wouldn't be "in the dark" about it, but it's not going to work that way.
AND so, people here can speculate and discuss things, but just don't get upset over something you don't know for sure. There are a lot of other things that we do know about this administration that is documented absolutely without doubt. I would caution about getting upset about this until all is known about it.