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The incredible shrinking Haditha case
American Thinker ^
| June 16, 2007
| Clarice Feldman
Posted on 06/16/2007 7:23:00 PM PDT by jazusamo
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Haditha: Is McGirk the New Mary Mapes? Story at link in beginning of article.
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:23:03 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
To: RedRover; freema; lilycicero; pinkpanther111; smoothsailing
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:24:55 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines.htm)
To: jazusamo
“Marine, go over there and kill the bastard’s.”
BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM...
“Hey, what are you doing?”
“Killing the bastard’s sir.”
“Your under arrest (I have to CYA, so I can get promoted.”
Meadow Muffin
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:27:39 PM PDT
by
rwgal
To: jazusamo
Thanks for posting. America’s finest! BTTT!
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:29:55 PM PDT
by
PGalt
To: All
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:30:11 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines.htm)
To: 4woodenboats; aculeus; American Cabalist; AmericanYankee; AndrewWalden; Antoninus; AliVeritas; ...
HADITHA MARINES PING!
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:40:26 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines.htm)
To: jazusamo
I gather that this goes back to a venemous press, including a Muslim photographer who works for Time Magazine, clintonoid lawyers in the judge advocate general’s office, and CYA superiors who bowed down to pressures rather than defend their men.
I also frankly think that Bush or others at the top should have intervened long before things got this far. There is a disturbing trend in this administration to punish their loyal subordinates while rewarding their political enemies.
Libby, Haditha, the Border Patrol agents, Pace, the list is long, and contrasts sharply with the lenient treatment and forgiveness meted out to Democrats.
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:42:27 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: jazusamo
Me Lie is turning into the Duke case.
Pray for W and Our Troops
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:45:46 PM PDT
by
bray
(The co-clintons freed more bombers then they caught)
To: jazusamo; jude24; P-Marlowe; blue-duncan; Congressman Billybob; Lady Jag
Lt. Col. Paul Ware, who will recommend whether to send Sharratt to trial, challenged the prosecution, ..."The account you want me to believe does not support unpremeditated murder," Ware told the lead prosecutor, Maj. Daren Erickson. "Your theories don't match the reason you say we should go to trial."
Ware also suggested he is inclined to believe Sharratt,
I'm no lawyer, nor the son of a lawyer, but this sounds really bad for the prosecution to me. It sounds like the deciding authority doesn't buy the prosecution version at all.
What do y'all think? Am I missing something?
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:47:31 PM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain And Proud of It! Those who support the troops will pray for them to WIN!)
To: Cicero
Yes, it goes back over a year to Time, the MSM, Tim McGirk and the despicable Jack Murtha. They threw gasoline on the original smoldering fire to blow it out of proportion.
There’s many things that have and have not happened since but the truth is finally starting to come out in these Article 32 hearings.
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:50:11 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines.htm)
To: xzins
I think the prosecution will continue to fail in its case until it gets down to one poor grunt they can place the blame on. Sombody has to hang to suit the NY Times.
The Marine lawyers are out Scapegoat hunting, and it isnt like snipe hunting. They intend to make an example out of some poor bastard. Sombody will get Nifonged.
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:51:11 PM PDT
by
sgtbono2002
(http://www.imwithfred.com/index.aspx)
To: xzins
You’re not missing a thing, Chaplin. The IO in LCpl Sharratt’s case is not buying the prosecutions charges. His recommendation will go to Lt. Gen. Mattis and he’ll have the final say but it looks very good for Sharratt.
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posted on
06/16/2007 7:54:11 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines.htm)
To: jazusamo
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posted on
06/16/2007 8:00:21 PM PDT
by
StarCMC
(Desperately seeking a new tagline. Say something pithy and I'll steal it. :-))
To: jazusamo; sgtbono2002
I agree with Sgt Bono. They’re gonna fry some poor SOB if they have to move heaven and hell to accomplish it.
They’ll probably get Fitzpatrick to go over testimony to see if they can get someone for lying about what he had for breakfast the morning of the encounter.
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posted on
06/16/2007 8:01:34 PM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain And Proud of It! Those who support the troops will pray for them to WIN!)
To: jazusamo
It sure looks like the writing is on the wall. Our Marines will not have to go further then these hearings. The prosecution is falling apart. The prosecution has no solid evidence against any of them at this point by all indications.
If general Mattis has a good head on his shoulder he should put a stop to any further hearings. The whole sorid affair has at this point shown no wrong doing from the LCT down to the grunts who had to pull the triggers.
He can simply say nothing of honest use can be obtained by taking this beyond where it already has lead. Tainted and outright wrong information has been proven the Marines are innocent. Must each case go through the same hoops, if the over all facts show none of them operated outside their ROE.
I would add. The Pentagon and the DOD should make a point to tell the public these whole affair was based on pre-assumed information which turned out to be totally wrong, and make the point that yet again the L/MSM and certain members of congress had went out of their way to pre-judge these men, with scanty information at best and un-reliable info given by insurgents.
Yea. I know. They will just let it quietly go away.
To: xzins; jazusamo
Good to see American Thinker picking this up. One thing I'm curious about is how typical is it for the IO to announce his leanings for a recommendation at the end of the hearing. I would have figured they wouldn't make a comment either way until they send their recommendation to Lt. Gen. Mattis. It's a great sign. I hope the Lt. Gen. gets the recommendation quickly and makes his decision quickly.
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posted on
06/16/2007 8:12:30 PM PDT
by
Girlene
To: jazusamo
I posted this about ten minutes after you, and mine got pulled as a dupe! LOL! The mods got it right! Great post, Jaz!
In the comment on my post I said this:
I know I should have posted this in blogs, so flame me, I don't mind the heat.
If anyone who doesn't know about Haditha and the raw deal that's been layed on U.S. Marines, by the American media, lead by a phonied up and despicable Time magazine story written by a cheap shot scribbler who calls himself Tim McGirk, and repugnant defeatist politicians who parade themselves around as America's defenders like John Murtha and his ilk, then learn more.
If you are seeing this for the first time, wherever you are in the world, then I can only hope you will defend our Marines, those good men who give freedom hope. If you love freedom, you can never have a better friend than a U.S. Marine.
1 posted on 06/16/2007 10:51:03 PM EDT by smoothsailing
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posted on
06/16/2007 8:14:12 PM PDT
by
smoothsailing
("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction"--President Ronald Reagan)
To: Marine_Uncle
It would certainly be nice if the general put a stop to the hearings but I doubt that’s going to happen.
The IO of Capt. Stone’s hearing recommended no charges and now this hearing looks good for LCpl Sharratt. No indication yet for the hearing just completed for LtCol Chessani.
I doubt the enemedia will have much to say about any of the Marines that charges are not filed against, like you say they’ll just let it quietly away. It’s really sad.
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posted on
06/16/2007 8:15:04 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines.htm)
To: Cicero
There is a disturbing trend in this administration to punish their loyal subordinates while rewarding their political enemies.You can say that again. In fact, when you boil it all down, I think this is what bugs me most about this administration. It's a real character flaw.
To: Girlene
Perhaps done to take the heat from any public or private source off of the General.
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posted on
06/16/2007 8:18:08 PM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain And Proud of It! Those who support the troops will pray for them to WIN!)
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