I have a question about this letter in reference to a deserter - without mentioning the deserter status.
I would have believed this letter if it stated that the Marines would take revenge even against a misguided mulsim deserter.
Right now _ I neither believe nor disbelieve - just waiting for verification.
USMC
1969-1981
I had similar thoughts. A possibility is that the letter was sent out before the deserter factor came up. (BTW, has that information been confirmed? I heard on the radio news this morning that he was traumatized by witnessing the death of his sergeant and was high tailing it home to Lebanon. I give the benefit of the doubt to a marine over ABC news any day.) Also, The Federalist doesn't normally circulate unverified internet fantasies.
And God bless you for your service.
H. Simpson
USN, 1970-73
Never left California