[Simon Foxx]

Speaking as a former (USAF) Jag officer with some insight into the military law culture, I think that what the president is doing here is firing a "shot across the bow" of the entire JAG system in all of the services.

It has nothing per se to do with the officers who prosecuted this case and EVERYTHING to do with putting the military JAG establishment on notice that making their rank on the hides of the fighting men and women who are actually in combat is no longer looked at favorably.

The President is the 1800-lb gorilla over all the military and bad publicity/criticism from the C-in-C is something that the Jag departments are VERY sensitive to ....

[Pox]

That is exactly the way I see it.

President Trump is sending a signal, loud and clear, IMO.

He may be outlandish and bombastic at times, but I believe that he acts in such a fashion for specific reasons, and those reasons seem to me to be “what’s needed”.

A breath of fresh air, IMO.

[OldMissileer]

I think that what the president is doing here is firing a "shot across the bow" of the entire JAG system in all of the services.

Although I spent most of my USAF career on the pointy end of our nuclear spear I totally agree with you.

This was done out in the open so that not only the entire military establishment, but the entire Nation is put on notice that justice and fairness will be the main consideration for prosecutions. No more destroying the lives of innocent war fighters to advance the career of REMFs.