Here's the face of a Marine who's suffering from the politicization of Iraq. Search on Haditha to put your fear in perspective.
TMLC: A Victory for Marine LtCol Chessani
Posted on 03/20/2009 9:14:28 AM PDT by jazusamo
Honored with Public Service Award, bloggers erupt in outrage
The U.S. Navy awarded U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., its Distinguished Public Service Award, triggering an Internet campaign to have Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter withdraw it.
Murtha, who publicly accused U.S. Marines of cold-blooded murder in a firefight in Haditha, Iraq, and was caught on camera in the Abscam scandal appearing to negotiate a bribe, was honored by the Navy for his "selfless devotion to the Nation's Sailors and Marines."
The award credits him with making sure the military services "were provided the resources necessary to effectively conduct the Global War on Terrorism."
"His courageous leadership, vision, and loyalty to the men and women of the Department of the Navy greatly contributed to their quality of life and helped create the most modern and highly trained fighting force in history," the honor said.
It continued, "As Chairman of Subcommittee on Defense of the House Appropriations Committee, Congressman Murtha's tireless advocacy helped maintain the Navy and Marine Corps team at the highest levels of combat readiness to meet the challenges of the 21st century."
An online petition that appeared almost immediately already has collected more than 11,500 signatures.
It was set up by Gabe Ledeen of VetsForFreedom.org.
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
I brought it up 15,289.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot???
Nah, give him some of that high vacuum sealing grease (i.e. "monkey$hit") we used to pack cableways back aft. :-)
Thank you for your service!
LMAO.... Bluing works well for solving problems too :>}
What Leftist was behind THIS shameless propaganda?
Chessani is a Lieutenant Colonel not a Lieutenant.
I suspect it’s all on Donald Winter. I believe he and Murtha were buddies when Winter headed a couple defense companies.
The squids have flipped their lids.
Civilians in the DOD may have been responsible for this. However, believe it or not, there are folks in the military who are scumbag socialists. There are people who hold very high ranks that are scumbag socialists.
Do I even need to trot out Wesley Clark and Powell as examples of this? Believe me, they were not the only ones.
The military, as an organization, is not immune to the same illness that has consumed the federal and most state governments. At some point, the marxists in government will shape the military in their own image.
The point of this is, those of you who believe we have “forever” to pull the pin, are negligently wrong in that opinion. We do NOT have a long time, we only have until enough of the command and control positions are filled with men like wesley clark or worse... After that point, any chance of a relatively bloodless and peaceful split will be gone.
OUR job right now is to convince those still beating the horses corpse to stop and walk away. There are still A LOT of good people that don’t yet fully comprehend the situation as it exists. There are a lot of people who took oaths that have not yet realized that they are derelict of that duty.
We dont have a lot of time...
Thanks, AAC.
Hopefully Vets For Freedom will take this petition up with acting SECDEF and former Naval Aviator BJ Penn.
SECDEF = SECNAV
Thank you both for signing!
No thanks necessary! If I had more personalities, I’d sign more times!
:o])
LOL! Good one, bhf.
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