They trained a man to kill people
They trained him to kill enemies
They trained him to kill terrorists
They trained him to kill insurgents
So he kills one, but not the way they want him to and they try and send him to prison.
I think its chicken shit for the government to do that but that is MY viewpoint.
Remember what Rambo said..
"You just cant turn it off"
.......and while your at it, some Warrant Officer somewhere that chickenshitted my boy out of his Bronze Star he had comin.Sadly the investigative branches within each military branch and some of the JAG officers leave something to be desired also.
Actually back up a few steps. Someone told the MSM about the incident. They blew it all up to the point that the Senate noticed it and pressure was applied from there onto the military. Shit rolls downhill.
Sentiments of chivalry and fairness are noble, but misguided in war.
If you don't fight to win, you have no business in the fight in the first place ...
Sentiments of chivalry and fairness are noble, but misguided in war.
If you don't fight to win, you have no business in the fight in the first place ...
This country is in a fight for its existence.
Both you guy's pleasing platitudes ain't gonna cut it ...
Here's 1236 pages of "light reading" if you want to educate yourself more on the matter...
By the way, Section II of that document goes over those principles I mentioned earlier.
followed the rules everyone else swore
Spend any time in the military? We have something called the Law of Armed Conflict and Rules of Engagement, both of which dictate what is allowed and not allowed during combat operations. Principles that govern those codes are Military Necessity, Humanity, Proportionality, and Chivalry. Everyone in uniform is trained annually on all that, as well as before ever going into a combat area.
Secondly, thousands are trained to kill, yet they don't repeatedly stab a badly injured individual no matter who he is or what he was doing. If anything is chickenshit, it's that. Anyone in the state of the insurgent in this case is no longer considered a combatant; and US forces have a legal and moral obligation to render aid and protect civilians, prisoners of war, the wounded, sick, and shipwrecked.
Thirdly, quit basing arguments on what you see in the movies. Rambo is pure fiction, as are most military films out of Hollywood. They are entertainment, not documentaries. There is a big difference.
Lastly, and most importantly, this "confession" is pure bullshit. No one should be immune from charges of murder simply because they testified in court. Whoever gave him that deal should be brought up on charges themselves.
The enemy combatant "swore" to those rules??
I don’t care what they swore to, it’s the oath I took that matters.
...and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
One of the listed duties in the above was specifically stated as: "to lead our troops in combat and win our nation's wars".
The latter, enumerated duty, and the first and second sentence in the actual oath, are the overriding matters to me.
Normally, deals are contingent on "You've told us everything or the deal is null and void." The deal, if it was written correctly, will go away. If it doesn't, then the deal was written poorly and, yes, whoever gave him that particular deal does, indeed, deserve to be brought up on charges.Whoever gave him that deal should be brought up on charges themselves.