[Non-Sequitur]

They'll get their day in court, and if they're innocent then they'll go free. If they're guilty then it'll be life at Leavenworth.

[Pontiac]

They'll get their day in court, and if they're innocent then they'll go free.

I wonder. I think if there are Judges on the Court put that came up in the Clinton years the odds would be against them.

The Clinton administration cast a long shadow in the US military.

[ExSoldier]

If they're guilty then it'll be life at Leavenworth.

For 13 counts of murder? I'd be guessing a firing squad would be formed. That, or a gallows erected. I personally favor the former for a warrior to die, criminal or not.

[B4Ranch]

I knew a couple of Border Patrol agents who had faith in our government too. They are headed for prison thanks to politics.

I pray that politics won't send these men to Leavenworth.

[CottShop]

I hope to heck that when they are proven innocent that they give a statement to the press condemning Murtha and the press for prejudging them!!! http://sacredscoop.com

[xzins]

Not so.

Murtha has dirtied the water. Every leader knows that Murtha now holds the purse strings as head of the Armed Services Appropriations Committee. He has put his credibility on the line, and he doesn't want it besmirched after he's stuck his neck out like this.

This is command influence of the worst kind. There is no way that I'll ever believe these guys are guilty no matter what any court says. This needs to be taken away from the Marines and be given to a court of retired officers & NCOs who are not influenced by the current needs of the military.

Their rules of engagement authorized them to do exactly what that SSG told them to do....shoot first and ask questions later.

They should be givent the benefit of the doubt. They were in combat, they were receiving fire, and they were permitted to spray rooms and toss grenades into them.

I can't believe they even have to defend themselves.

In any case, the gross command influence exercised by Murtha means we'll never know if these guys truly are guilty.

[RoadTest]

"They'll get their day in court, and if they're innocent then they'll go free. If they're guilty then it'll be life at Leavenworth."

You have the right screen name. They have had their day in court. Wake up. They shouldn't even be publicly tried. Maybe you haven't noticed but WE ARE AT WAR!

[tioga]

OH, bull. The liberals want the terrorists to have more rights than our soldiers in court. Think about that.

[antiunion person]

They'll get their day in court, and if they're innocent then they'll go free. If they're guilty then it'll be life at Leavenworth.

And yet another great quote from a moron.

NS, have you ever heard of evidence being stacked against you, intentionally?? Probably not. You have probably watched too Perry Mason programs, when the guilty cry out in the courtroom, IT WAS ME, I KILLED HIM!!!!!

When a soldier goes to war and fights an enemy who dresses exactly like the innocent civilians around him, hides caches of armament in hospitals, basements of homes, and inside schools, it is virtually impossible to tell who the enemy really is. OH yeah, when the civilians carry RPGs and AK-47s, it's also a little difficult to tell who is who.

When these guys got fired at, lost one of their own and tried to protect themselves by returning fire, all of a sudden they are criminals. When the liberals and the MSM blame them for doing their job correctly, someone in the administration (clintoon holdover in the state department) gives the enemy (libs and MSM) a bunch of warriors to sacrifice to the wolves.

Now if you still think justice will prevail, no matter what, I was right, you are a MORON. If this posts even puts a glimmer of doubt in my brain about this crappy situation facing these troops, maybe you're not such a moron. AP

[HamiltonJay]

I just hope they get a fair day in court, and don't wind up being a pr campaign by the appeasors.

If they did do it, let them fry... but if they go down to appeasors, not facts, may those who put them on trial die painful slow deaths.