We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/let_em_have_their_day_in_court.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:52:34 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Military prosecutors plan to file murder, kidnapping and conspiracy charges against seven Marines and a Navy corpsman in the shooting death of an Iraqi civilian in April, a defense lawyer said Thursday. This is unrelated to Haditha. It is very much related to Commandant Hagee's recent trip around the world. The officer corps, commissioned and enlisted, of the Corps, and I don't doubt, the Army, need to pause, reflect, and make sure they've got their moral compasses with them. That said - this happens in every war of significant duration that has ever been fought. That includes the "Last... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/let_em_have_their_day_in_court.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/let_em_have_their_day_in_court.html Fri, 02 Jun 2006 07:14:16 -0600 Pity the elected members of government won't reflect on their moral lack of direction. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/let_em_have_their_day_in_court.html#comment-45965 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/let_em_have_their_day_in_court.html#comment-45965 Sun, 04 Jun 2006 02:14:19 -0600 as far as I am aware, the investigation cleared U.S. troops of wrongdoing in the deaths of up to 13 Iraqis in a village north of Baghdad. Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said U.S. troops responded appropriately to an attack by insurgents during a raid in Ishaqi on March 15. A roadside bomb hit a U.S. convoy in Ishaqi on Saturday, wounding two U.S. soldiers. Also, I cannot imagine our Marines just go into a house, drag a man outside and flat out shoot him. Sounds more like what they were saying about our guys in Vietnam... As for Haditha incident, if Marines were enraged and killed everybody in sight, how come the survivors were taken to our hospital for treatment by a helicopter?? If you believe the story told by survivors and accusers, it would have been more logical for our bloodthirsty Marines to leave them untreated so they might die and there would be no witnesses?? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/let_em_have_their_day_in_court.html#comment-45958 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/let_em_have_their_day_in_court.html#comment-45958 Sat, 03 Jun 2006 22:31:23 -0600