Mr. Murtha's Rush to Judgment

Mr. Murtha's Rush to Judgment

Sunday, May 28, 2006; B06

A year ago I was charged with two counts of premeditated murder and with other war crimes related to my service in Iraq. My wife and mother sat in a Camp Lejeune courtroom for five days while prosecutors painted me as a monster; then autopsy evidence blew their case out of the water, and the Marine Corps dropped all charges against me ["Marine Officer Cleared in Killing of Two Iraqis," news story, May 27, 2005].

So I know something about rushing to judgment, which is why I am so disturbed by the remarks of Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) regarding the Haditha incident ["Death Toll Rises in Haditha Attack, GOP Leader Says," news story, May 20]. Mr. Murtha said, "Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them, and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood."

In the United States, we have a civil and military court system that relies on an investigatory and judicial process to make determinations based on evidence. The system is not served by such grand pronouncements of horror and guilt without the accuser even having read the investigative report.

More @ http://tinyurl.com/gqwsg Washingtonpost

See related @ http://tinyurl.com/px5tr Time Mag

Notice how its always the US troops who are at fault and Murtha's seems to always lead the pack. JFC! This war! This is not some video game where you can get a re-start or do over! I'm sooooooooo tired of the MSM, some politicians, and others of the usual suspects vilifying the US Military with little or no evidence to back them up.

As I said before, "Shoot first and don't ask any questions! As for the media I would have banned them from Iraq from the start and if they didn't like that, so what?"