Posted by
Jesse "The Mind" Norman on Sunday, October 28, 2007 2:00:00 AM
Before the incident where soldiers were called "cold-blooded murderers" by Rep. John Murtha (D. Pa), there were many other incidents which led to escalation there up to the incident in 2005. In 2003, the mayor and his son were assassinated by terrorists. Terrorists later in 2004 rounded up dozens of local police officers and executed them publicly in a soccer stadium. Haditha was in control by the terrorists. American soldiers went into Haditha to take the town back in 2005. During the fight for Haditha, twenty-four Iraqi civilians were killed, including eleven women and children. For this, American soldiers were called "cold-blooded murderers" by former Marine, John Murtha. Way to show that "brothers-in-arms" spirit, eh? It wasn't only Murtha who hung these men out to dry. Much of our bureaucratic military also did. It was one of those bureaucrats that let Murtha know about the incident and that our soldiers murdered civilians in cold blood. Murtha wrongfully parroted it to the entire world. I really hope he gets everything he owns taken from him.
If you're going to send our young men and women to war, some who don't want to be there for sure, then why hang them at the first sign of impropriety? Our young men and women are ruled by many who are save-asses just hoping to be promoted. Any sign of anything that makes them look bad, they come down hard because they are desperate to move up. Haditha isn't the only example I will give.
Terrorists are terrorists, so therefore they use terrorist tactics. Like maybe dressing up like the civilians in the city. This was very evident in the incident in Haditha. Four of the Marines were initially charged with murder. In an early report to the media, an Iraqi soldier said the Marines acted properly since it was THE TERRORISTS who hid among civilians. Justin Sharratt's (one of the Marines charged) father pieced together two stories in the media which told him everything anyone would need to know. It took our military two years to put the pieces together. An informant, Muhammad Hassan Hamadi, warned US Marines that Al Qaeda was intent on demonizing the mission. He was later detained and cooperated with the investigation. That was done in late 2005. So why the wait? Why hang the lives of Marines in the balance for two years when everything seemed to clear them of any wrongdoing?
In Afghanistan there is Lieutenant General Francis Kearney. He is one of these save-asses. Two Green Berets, Captain Dave Staffel and Master Sergeant Troy Anderson were near the Pakistani border. They were both charged with murder. Who did they murder you ask? A terrorist named Nawab Buntangyar. He was an expert at bombmaking. Buntangyar was "vetted as a target" by American commanders, which means he could legally be killed after positive identification. Staffel and Anderson were about 100 yards away and Afghan police positively identified him. Staffel gave Anderson the order to take him out, which he did. Clean shot. No worry about Buntagyar becoming a suicide/homicide bomber (which he organized many of in Afghanistan). Just the death of a terrorist who organized suicide/homicide and roadside bombs. Lieutenant General Francis Kearney charged them with premeditated murder. They were quickly cleared. Kearney didn't stop there. All in all they had to be cleared THREE times by investigators before the story received national attention. Even with a terrorist legally abled to be killed, a terrorist who's modus operandi is suicide bombing, Kearney wanted to hang these two soldiers.
If our military leaders won't have the backs of our fighting men and women, then don't send them to war. Let them stay home and be with their families. Let them protect our borders. Let them live here without much of a risk to their lives as they would be fighting overseas. Everyone of our soldiers volunteered to become a soldier. People like Kearney are trying to tie the hands of our soldiers which obviously would risk their lives. Not Kearney's life. He's safe in an office. A soldier shouldn't have to ask "if I shoot this terrorist, what charges can they bring against me?" If they ask that, then they're already dead. Really, if you military leaders are going to do this, then don't send our men and women overseas to risk their lives. This is a call not just to our military leaders, but to President Bush and the next President of the United States as well.