Posted on 06/04/2008 6:58:22 PM PDT by RedRover
Imagine having to fight a ruthless enemy with a lawyer looking over your shoulder.
Such as the one we’re waging now? It’s not your imagination, it’s your worse nightmare!
God bless our troops!
My favorite. If ‘Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord’, the sooner I can send the bastards to him, the sooner He can exact that Vengeance.
For some reason this reminds me of the story of the 5%.
The long, painful ordeal of Marine 1st Lt. Andrew Grayson came to a sudden end Wednesday when a jury of seven fellow Marine officers found him not guilty of trumped-up charges that should never have been leveled against him in the first place.
As Newsmax reported on Sept. 11, 2007, Grayson earned the enmity of prosecutors when he turned down their offer that would spare him from prison if he would agree to testify against fellow 3rd battalion, 1st Marines.
"I was asked by the prosecution to fall on my sword for the greater good of the Marine Corps,'' Grayson, 26, recalled. "The prosecution wanted me to distort the truth to fit their end goal."
More at the link.
There was never any doubt about what transpired that day, and it was obvious that there was no need for further investigation.
It was also obvious to the seven Marines on that jury panel. Why wasn't it obvious to the prosecution and the two generals?
I would hope even the prosecutors are starting to get the message by now.
Catch you tomorrow, pal!
I hope you watched them open a new needle before you did that.
Brennan repeats what we all know is evidence that the prosecution knew it had no case: they offered a deal to someone they wanted to get. In other words, having no case and believing only in their bluster, the prosecution thought they could bluff a win out of Lt Grayson.
Up to that point they'd offered deals only to liars and back-stabbers, the oddest collection of immunized ne'er-do-wells in the history of the military, no doubt. Given their immunity track record, the only reason they would have offered a deal to one of the real Marines in this case was that they had no case against him and knew it.
Why did the generals cave?
There is no explanation other than pressure to explain why any general would go forward with the Grayson case, given the evidence so clearly on Grayson's side. (I must admit, though, that I do feared for Grayson believing that all of these prosecutions are based on the need for the generals' political masters to "get someone...anyone.")
"There's a great deal of talk about loyalty from the bottom to the top. Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary and is much less prevalent. One of the most frequently noted characteristics of great men who have remained great is loyalty to their subordinates." - General George S. Patton, Jr
With young kids facing life in prison and probably not getting competent legal advice one could expect some to take a deal/immunity. For the higher echelons to behave as they have shows just how chicken they are.
If these generals, Helland, Mattis, Lynch, Bednarek, don't have the Moral courage to do the right thing, then they need to be replaced by men who do.
Why did the generals cave?
First, they caved because of pressure from above and were willing to sacrifice these warriors for the image of the Corps because they thought those warriors might be guilty of a crime.
Second, they figured it may calm everyone criticizing the Corps and the country for what happened that day by charging these warriors and then them being found not guilty or the charges being dropped in 32 hearings thereby putting it to rest for good.
I prefer to believe the second but by no means have I ruled out the first. Either one does not reflect well on the generals if they did in fact believe no crimes were committed because of what these warriors and their families have been put through.
Since these people are professional military men who have attained the rank of General, I am going to hold them to the highest standards. They have ALL the information. And being General Officers, they are at once judge, jury, and executioner. They have the power to send people to their deaths. It can be just as easily said that ANY military panel is biased (by the media, and the public at large) like the code of silence in the police agencies. IMO, they do the right thing first, and when the Murtha’s start running their necks, call them out in the street and stomp a mudhole in their ass.
IMO, the behavior of these Generals does more damage to the INTEGRITY of all the Armed Forces.
And I agree completely that neither of your theories reflect well on the Generals. Their conduct is despicable.
Throw some cold water on it and it just says, “VIM”.
Now that's what I call shrinkage.
Braggart! :)
Sounds like a Chia pet in reverse.
Of course, there may have been a magnifying lens involved...
I didn’t know you were a Chia pet fancier! Must be nice to have a little green bushy thing.
Was that a ‘private reply’?
Anybody seen my collection of pet rocks?
For some reason that reminds me of the story of the 5%.
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