Yesterday, Petty Officer 1st Class Julio Huertas was cleared of charges regarding the alleged abuse of Ahmed Hashim Abed, the apparent mastermind of the slaying and mutilation of 4 Blackwater security contractors in Iraq in 2004. Today saw the clearing of a second Navy SEAL so charged:
A U.S. military judge has cleared a Navy SEAL of wrongdoing in the alleged beating of a prisoner suspected of masterminding the grisly 2004 killings of four American contractors in Iraq.
The military says the judge found insufficient evidence to convict Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Keefe on charges of dereliction of duty.
2 cleared, one more to go.
(Thanks, Mata!)
A former fetus, the “wordsmith from nantucket” was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1968. Adopted at birth, wordsmith grew up a military brat. He achieved his B.A. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles (graduating in the top 97% of his class), where he also competed rings for the UCLA mens gymnastics team. The events of 9/11 woke him from his political slumber and malaise. Currently a personal trainer and gymnastics coach.
The wordsmith has never been to Nantucket.
Really the next court martial should be the Commander in Chief for allowing this travesty of justice to continue. Other charges could include treason, incompetence, and dereliction of duty. This guy is just to far out of reality of life to lead anything.
Hey Savage24, I like the way you think.
And regarding the 2 Navy SEALS…Praise the Lord
the military court are the best judges for soldiers actions on a stage of warzone; and they should be best also for gantamano terrorists prisonners,responsable for killing AMERICANs:
Where are the Republicans????Where are the Conservatives????I am an Iraq War Vet and these idiotic Rules of Engagement started under GW to appease the Left and of couse it did not work and got more of our troops killed.Where are the John McCains defending these HEROS????….We all know the Left and Obama despise the military but I am just asking where is “our”side in all this?????…….it is sad that even aquited these guys will be broke and lost their careers……and we did nothing…….this country is screwed!
THODORE HERRERA;hi, do you know who is the commander in chief,presently and the new commander appointed by him in afghanistan? they are completly in charge since he won,the ROE belong to them: bye 🙄
The ROE in Iraq resulted from the SOFA, Status of Forces Agreement, that was negotiated by the Iraqi Government and the US State Department.
The current ROE in Af/Pak were arrived at through ISAF/NATO/the Obama State Dept and the Karzai Regime in order to minimize “Civilian” casualties. IE; a “Civilian” is anyone that is not shooting at you at that moment in time that you are engaged. “Civilians” that may be armed and not currently shooting at you are not to be fired upon. If you are receiving fire from individuals inside a structure, you cannot just call in fire support or air support to level the structure as the armed “Civilians” generally have unarmed “Civilians” that actually belong there held hostage.
I hope that clears up a few things for you all. So much for the Af/Pak ROE. Absolutely brilliant!
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Bees…..these SEALS were in Iraq and the prosicution started under GW.Look would I prefer GW has CnC???Yes of couse,but lets be honest with the fact that ‘our’Republican folks buy into these crazy Rules.I was in Iraq in 07-08 and GW was President…….Now in Afganistan of course with the election of the ‘ONE’ it getting worse………As conservatives we need to start holding Republican accountable 1st for not trying to stop this travesty.Islamic Terror is no joke and its spreading.The gloves must come off,but we can get the ball moving if we start forcing Republicans to act like Pro-American Conservatives wether they want to or not.Look how conservative McNasty is acting now that he is under threat from conservatives……We have the power to help these guys if we start taking out RINOS that refuse to defend them!!!!
Old Trooper the enemy can now fire….drop their weapons,become ‘civilians’…..pick them up and fire again……these rules are not designed to save real civilians…..they are meant to cause our defeat…..we have in Washington a mixture of the Left-Marxism,Islamic sympathisers,and of course the go along to get along RINOS running us into the ground.
Theodore Herrera, You Sir are correct. I was deployed to both Iraq and Af/Pak early on when the ROE was far simpler and the Geneva Conventions, the UCMJ and common sense prevailed over arbitrary rules made up by non-shooter SJA types and Career Politicians of any stripe that have not been shot at, bombed, received RPGs or left the land of Air Conditioning, Flush Toilets, Hot Meals or got Foreign dust on their boots.
“Civilian Status” is a little murky in these here parts in Af/Pak right now. The Current ROE made it so by edict and not by ‘boots on the ground” logic. It is all well and good to play “whack a mole” by Predator Drone but watch who you are shootin at with a rifle and iron sights. I have about 30 years in boots now, been to three Wars, several goat ropes and a few County Fairs but this is a new one for me. The time line for withdrawal just adds to the wonder of it all.
I am Class of Af/Pak 2002 and OIF in 2003. Those were far different times than now. Let me quote the Current Regime for You, New Trooper…”Elections Have Consequences” and “We Won”. I hope that explains it for you.
Thanks for Your Service, Pardner!
And By the Way, Remember come November. Vote.
Regime Change by ballot and not bullets!
Does the military have an equivilant to malicious proscecution?
OLDTROOPER:thank you for your expertise on theodore question[i appreciate it specialy]: for the question about the republicans theodore; it was done but the one in power now has not listen to good advices from the republicans and conservatives;because he said “I WON”.and disregard it.;bye 🙄
Trooper,Bees……yes elections have consequences and we better start winning them…..by the way trooper thank you for your service.I am in the Army Guard and was prior Air Force so I am not that new 🙂 …….anyway we need to start running conservatives……real ones!
@Wemo, Charges are either proven to be founded or unfounded. If unfounded they are dismissed.
@Ms Bees, “I Won”, sadly so, seems to be justification for almost anything these days.
OLDTROOPER;DIDyou go on the post”VEGETABLE RIGHTS” from WORDSMITH; wellyou realy have to get y’all in there[funny] bye 🙄
@Old Trooper:
I understand that, but in a civilian court, if you can demonstrate that the charges were brought soley to injure the defendant, the defendant has recourse against the prosecutor.