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Those were some pretty crafty defense lawyers, somehow managing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Here's a recent headline from their pretty crafty new and improved website...

In an effort to minimize their losses, the government offered a plea deal – one count of negligent dereliction of duty. SSgt Wuterich, who from the initial investigation of the incident in 2006, has always taken full responsibility for the actions of his squad that day. He agreed to accept this misdemeanor offense.

Man, that really bothers me. I cannot make sense of it. Wuterich took responsibility for WHAT actions of his squad? The actions where the squad responded to a deadly ambush as they were trained to respond? The actions they took when they obeyed the lawful order of Lt. Kallop to clear those houses? WHAT actions, exactly?

Yikes... I'm getting agita all over again. I'll always feel like all of us supporters of the Haditha Marines ran twenty-five-and-a-half miles of a marathon and then just stopped when the lawyers said, "Okay. That's good. Great run. Thanks for everything. It's over now. You can go home."

Oh well.. The good part is that it really is over, and Frank Wuterich can piss in the general direction of the military commanders who betrayed him.