It's a shame it has to go all the way to a court martial. I wonder why the seals decided not to take the non-judicial punishment. I wonder what the punishment was. The seals must feel they'll win a court martial.
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Unfortunately, on the track they're on, there is no way for the military to > drop it. > > It _will_ go to the end of the CM now. It has to. > > I hope that we take this as an opportunity to review our process, and make > adjustments, to keep people like this in the field where they belong. > > As for the false report, do you have any idea how many false reports happen > every day? Or how often reports are "fudged". And how accepted it is > military-wide? And I am not just talking about Iraq, but also about traffic > tickets on-base, accidental weapons discharges, etc. > > The military is _very_ good at self-policing. But they also realize that > not > all incidents need to be put down on paper. > > And I am just fine with that. The intelligence, drive, good judgement, and > amazing physical and mental endurance it takes to become a SEAL shows me > that these men are a step above the rest of us, in every way that I care to > count. As a group, I would take their word over politicians, priests and > plumbers, and just about anyone else I can think of. > > On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I couldn't agree more with most of what you say, expect for the slap on > the > > wrist for the false reporting. Or allegedly false reporting. Not to speak > > specifically to this case, but in a general sense, lying to your > superiors > > in an official report needs to carry a serious punishment don't you > think? > > > > Note: I'm not saying these boys are guilty. I'm also not saying the > > detainee > > didn't deserve a little slap up. I just don't know how I feel about lying > > in > > reports to hide your actions. If that's indeed what happenned. I hope > this > > gets dropped and they don't decide to try and make an example out of > these > > guys. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309157 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
