Posted on 03/19/2012 4:15:37 PM PDT by xzins
Karilyn Bales, whose husband, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is accused of killing Afghan civilians, released this statement on Monday:
What happened on the night of March 11 in Kandahar Province was a terrible and heartbreaking tragedy.
My family including my and Bob’s extended families are all profoundly sad. We extend our condolences to all the people of the Panjawai District, our hearts go out to all of them, especially to the parents, brothers, sisters and grandparents of the children who perished.
I know that all good people around the world, regardless of nationality, religion or political values, join me in grieving that such a terrible thing could happen.
Our family has little information beyond what we read and see in the media. What has been reported is completely out of character of the man I know and admire. Please respect me when I say I cannot shed any light on what happened that night, so please do not ask.
I too want to know what happened. I want to know how this could be.
I have no indication that my family’s own safety is at risk, but I appreciate the efforts that have been undertaken to protect us. I hope there will soon be no reason for protection of families, whether here or in Kandahar Province, or anywhere, because the pain inevitably inflicted in war should never be an excuse to inflict yet more pain. The cycle must be broken. We must find peace.
I know the media has a right to pursue and report news. As you do your jobs, I plead with you to respect the trauma that I and my extended family are experiencing. Please allow us some peace and time as we try to make sense of something that makes no sense at all.
All I can do now is emphasize my sadness and my condolences to the families in Panjawai for their terrible loss. The victims and their families are all in my prayers, as is my husband who I love very much.
End of Statement
Ping
Pull em all out. I pray for this family, as with all families of our troops.
What this poor family must be going through I can only imagine. It has to be terribly difficult going about their daily business.
My heart grieves for the victims, the Sgt’s family and the Sgt. himself. He must have been in terrible mental pain for something like this to have been carried out by him.
In my opinion, her statement was succinct, classy, positive and careful not to assume the worst. In short, the kind of press release a good "military wife" ought to put out.
I was so impressed with the lines:
“we must find peace”
“my husband who I love very much”
Robert Bales married what we call in my neck of the woods “a keeper”.
I am certain this would have never happened if we had an adult in the White House.
An adult would be in the war to win it, and not to tie our soldier’s hands with outrageous rules of engagement.
Obama’s weak foreign policy is making us look like a weak and unreliable ally for ANY government counting on our support.
God bless this family. And God bless the families of any innocents killed in Afghanistan, too. I pray for them, as God loves them as well.
The consequences of having a weak foreign policy resonate for years—undoing the damage done by the current Occupier of the Oval Office will take a generation or more, and it will require a spiritual awakening here in the United States and in Asia.
Our military wives protect the homefront while their spouses protect the nation.
Without them morale would be abysmal.
The fact the military (or the WH) is keeping them in the dark is unforgivable.
WTF with the ‘protection’?
We must wonder if she is sending a message about the "protection" she is receiving.
This all needs to be laid at the feet of he who created the absurd Rules of Engagement in affect in Afganistan.
I’m confident that a large share of those slain presented themselves to this by their own actions.
The soldier is inocent until proven guilty.
>> “I am certain this would have never happened if we had an adult in the White House.” <<
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A M E N !
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Anyone know why the military sent out a search party to find Bales?
You'd think they could at least use the word “allegedly”.
Anyone know why the military sent out a search party to find Bales?
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If he missed a muster, the go searching for him.
I still wonder was this “move” done to protect her—or more to make certain her husband would co-operate? Second to this how much is our own government now controlled by the very Islamic terrorists we are purportedly making the world safe from.
“An adult would be in the war to win it, and not to tie our soldier’s hands with outrageous rules of engagement.”
Huh? Considering how the accused violated General Order #1 by consuming alcohol in a war zone, went AWOL off of his lightly manned FOB (thus putting his fellow soldiers at risk) and proceeded to murder unarmed men, women & children, the issue of ROE’s is superfluous. If guilty this creep should hang.
Thanks for posting this, xzins.
It’s difficult to imagine what Karilyn Bales, the family and SSgt. Bales are going through but Karilyn is a class act.
Prayers up for them all.
dear Lord, please let them feel your peace, your comfort.
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