“His troops are still haunted by his crimes”
No, they are saving themselves.
How many prosecutions have there been of Iraqi and Afghani security figures who turned their weapons on our troops? I hear about the attacks but never anything after.
Are these actions war crimes?
Any other Iraqi of Afghani war criminals?
> he ordered his men to kill three Afghans stopped on a dirt road <
Unbelievable. The mainstream media is simply incapable of reporting the news without putting their own ugly spin in it. Even Wikipedia provides a reasonable explanation for what happened that day. From Wikipedia:
“Daniel Gustafson, who served as the Battalion command sergeant major over Lorance’s platoon, testified that he was 100 percent confident that Lorance’s platoon was being scouted for an impending attack.”
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That doesn’t mean the lieutenant or the sergeant major were correct in their assessments. But if you read the Post’s headline you’d think the bicyclists were simply out for a ride, and were shot just for fun.
Oh, and one more thing. George W. Bush can go to hell for putting our troops in that position in the first place.
Link doesn’t go to The Washington Post.
When I read that someone has served in Afghanistan, or a similar place, I think ... patriot and hero. If the next sentence says JAG, then I reserve the thought.
OMG where is the story on Bo Bergdahl you know the damn guy that served his country with honor and distinction as Susan Rice said!! (BARF)
The true feelings of the left come out when they work hard to smear heroic American military personnel. The left has not warmed up to us since Vietnam no matter how many lies they tell each other and the world about their love for veterans. Here we go again, trying to destroy soldiers, all in accordance with their true feelings.
The Post and Times along with the rest of America’s formerly great media would make even Joseph Goebbels blush.
If this is a 'civilian' operations where 'civilians' can be charged with murder, then get them out.
Send in BLM and their social worker brigade.
The didn’t like their new replacement Lieutenant and didn’t like taking orders. So they turned on him like a pack of rats.
That’s all there is to it.
The video says he didn’t have any combat experience.
Elsewhere I read he was an enlisted man who worked his way up to senior level sergeant, did 15 months in Iraq in a combat zone, then was sent to officer training. Afghanistan was his first duty station after graduating as a lieutenant, but he was clearly not as green as they made him sound.
There seems to have been a lot going on that day, with multiple motorcycle teams shadowing them, some armed, most with radios, one they searched was carrying explosives. So that may have influenced his decision to fire on the men. At the same time, it was his own men who turned him in. So for me the whole thing is a bit murky.
I wonder if *anyone* at the Amazon Compost has ever served in the Armed Forces.