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LTC Chessani and Staff Sergeant Wuterich? What would they say about Mattis?

[Always A Marine]

If you were to poll every Marine Corps officer and Staff NCO who has served over the past two decades, asking for the one man they would choose to lead this war in the field, one name would clearly emerge.

Jim Mattis.

LTC Chessani and Staff Sergeant Wuterich? What would they say about Mattis?

I'm not fighting a war based upon one isolated case, but am choosing the best field commander I can find. General Mattis is that man.

Like you, I am very sympathetic to LtCol Chessani, SSgt Wuterich and all of the Haditha defendants. I also realize that my knowledge of their cases is limited, as is yours, and I am pleased that both were cleared in their courts martial. The legal system is not pretty, but it works. And it ultimately worked for them.