Remember three years ago when that smear on the Marine Corps’ good name, John Murtha, used the press to accuse, try, convict and hang 8 marines in what became known as the “Haditha Marine Incident?”
No? Refresh your memory here. And here. And here. Here.
Enough?
OK: Michelle Malkin has an update on the latest in this travesty here.
Haditha Marine update: Lt. Col. Chessani wins another round
By Michelle Malkin • May 6, 2009 08:56 AM
A government official has informed the Thomas More Law Center that the government will not seek to appeal the recent unanimous decision by the Navy Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals (NMCCA) in favor of LtCol Jeffrey Chessani, USMC.
The decision makes permanent the ruling by the trial court judge, Colonel Steven A. Folsom, USMC, dismissing the charges against LtCol Chessani, without prejudice, due to Unlawful Command Influence. The government could have sought an appeal to the civilian Court of Appeals of the Armed Forces (CAAF), and then to the U.S. Supreme Court.
But the attorney for the appeal, Navy Lt. Timothy Delgado in Washington, confirmed a recommendation to drop the matter has been issued.
If that recommendation is followed, a final decision on whether the case gets dropped rests with Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Conway.
And if that happens, Chessani would become the seventh of eight Camp Pendleton Marines charged with crimes at Haditha to be fully exonerated.
So Murtha, with no first- or even second-hand knowledge of the tactical situation on the ground, no appreciation for the facts, no regard for the circumstances, ruined the careers and lives of 8 good Marines. Yes, they have been exonerated – even though it took over 3 years of their lives – but they will never have a career in the Corps, and why would they want to?
And guess what? Because he was acting in his “official capacity,” Murtha is immune from defamation suits. How convenient.
If I were one of these guys, I would move to Murtha’s distcrict in Pennsylvania and make it my life’s mission to defeat that piece if shit in the next election.
Semper Fi.
That is all.
May 7, 2009 at 9:26 am |
Murtha is a scum bag. I read the other day where is son seems to get lots of millions in gov’t contracts. I’m sure that is all legit. NOT
May 7, 2009 at 9:29 pm |
We should take murtha and a few other liberal assclowns and drop them off in the afghanistan/ pakistan border region…..naked.