USS Cole commander blasts transfer of Al Qaeda Gitmo detainees to Saudi Arabia

Fox News ^ | 5/3/16 | Cristina Corbin

[Nachum]

The man at the helm of the USS Cole when it was attacked by an Al Qaeda cell in 2000 said last month's release of a Guantanamo Bay detainee linked to the bombers denies justice to the 17 people killed aboard the ship.

Kirk Lippold, who was commanding officer of the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer when suicide bombers aboard a small fishing boat blew a hole in the side of the ship, told FoxNews.com Mashur Abdallah Ahmed al Sabri's release was a mistake.

"I would have liked to have seen him receive a military commission where he was tried, convicted and sentenced and then his suitability for release determined under the laws of armed conflict," Lippold said.

"From the perspective of the American people and my crew, he’s never been held accountable," Lippold added.

Seventeen of Lippold's men were killed in the Oct. 12, 2000 attack, which came as the Cole refueled in the Yemeni port of Aden, nearly a year before Al Qaeda would register its signature attack, on 9/11.

[Jack Hammer]

How many fine troops are pulling their hair and gnashing their teeth up in heaven over this obama character...?

Too many to count.

[Mr. M.J.B.]

The military is *silent* and ignores their Oath, rendering it meaningless.

Anyone who believes this same military will "do the right thing" when they receive their 'civilian operations' orders is seriously delusional.

The media is full of these stories - ones where military leaders who spent their career reporting to OMuslimSodomiteCommiePlant - retire with a fatass pension most Americans can't even imagine and then say "Well, X wasn't such a good deal."

Seriously unimpressed here.

(And yes, I know in -this- instance he retired just before OMuslimSodomiteCommiePlant took office).

The military is comprised of THESE people (from the article): "Maj. Gen. Jay Hood, who once oversaw operations at Guantanamo, said the Saudi rehabilitation program for militant Islamists is well-intended and should be applauded."

USGOV has very purposefully obfuscated Islam from the terrorism narrative they control and simultaneously equated it with enemies of their choice, like heterosexual, conservative, White males, particularly religious ones. When the military receive their orders to move against Americans, they will simply be "Countering Violent Extremists."

The mindless and endlessly irritating due to its unending stupidity, American phrase "I'm just doing my job" will be added to others from recent history.