‘I don’t think Kerry gives a damn’: Administration hammered for silence on Marine held in Mexico

Fox News ^ | May 22, 2014 | Judson Berger

[jazusamo]

President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry are being accused of ignoring the plight of a U.S. Marine imprisoned in Mexico on gun charges -- with no indication whether Kerry even brought up the case during high-level meetings this week in Mexico City.

"I don't think Kerry gives a damn about this guy," Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., told FoxNews.com on Thursday.

The case of Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi is notable for the lack of public attention it's gotten from administration officials.

Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke out in 2011 on American hikers imprisoned in Iran, and her husband even traveled to North Korea in 2009 to retrieve two Current TV reporters locked up in the hermit kingdom.

According to Hunter's office, U.S. officials at the American consulate in Tijuana are working on the latest case. Tahmooressi has been jailed in Mexico since April 1.

But Hunter told FoxNews.com that he was told last week the matter hadn't reached the "secretary level."

"He can at least say something," Hunter said. "He's got a lot of leverage."

The secretary on Thursday is wrapping up his round of diplomatic visits in the Mexican capital, a day after meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.

[jazusamo]

He’s in the Individual Ready Reserve because he’s completed his active duty service, being in the IRR he doesn’t go to monthly drills or 2 weeks annual training.

The letter to report could be for checking his physical fitness, for administrative training or I imagine other things. It could be for only a day and doesn’t mean he’s being called back to active duty.

The Marine Corps is fully aware what has happened to him, hopefully that letter is not a legal requirement to start a court-martial or discharge process which I don’t personally believe it is.

[AFreeBird]

Therein lies the rub; you hope it doesn’t carry a legal requirement.... But... they were issued after the fact, when the Corps should have known ther situation. So why issue them?

Thing is, the Øbama is running the show......l. And screwing over the military is part & parcel of this Admin’s MO.

Where’s “The Mooch” and her effective hashtag diplomacy?

[cloudmountain]

From the Internet:

Chaplain Vincent Capodanno earned the title, "Grunt Padre," from his fellow Marines because of his experience in fierce combat. The U.S. government has awarded Fr. Vincent the congressional medal of honor. His fellow Marines have called him "a saint."

We need a GRUNT PADRE to go into Mexico to negotiate, bribe and get our Marine OUTTA there and back home.

[jazusamo]

You’re exactly right, with emphasis on bribe.

I know of a case many years ago where a fire chief did exactly that for a fireman who was in a Mexican prison for an accident that was not his fault. Money talked then and I imagine it still does.

[Hoodat]

"I don't think Kerry gives a damn about this guy," Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., told FoxNews.com on Thursday.

Ya think?

[cloudmountain]

You’re exactly right, with emphasis on bribe.
I know of a case many years ago where a fire chief did exactly that for a fireman who was in a Mexican prison for an accident that was not his fault. Money talked then and I imagine it still does.

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I'll do you one better.

I was in Central America (Costa Rica) a few years ago and THEY call Mexico the "Giant of the north." It's all a matter of perspective, isn't it?

I am SO glad that the Fire Chief bailed him out. Money was the answer, wasn't it? That tells you how miserable are the lives of their people and politicos.

Their wages aren't enough, pure and simple. I suppose that is why so many families stay linked so strongly. NO ONE is going to be of any help, except family.