Afghanistan: Green Beret who murdered Taliban bomb maker charged

[philip964]

https://www.foxnews.com/us/former-decor ... bomb-maker

Is this remnants of the Obama Administration's investigation, or is there really something to this?

Apparently the bomb maker killed two US Marines.

Or does this fall under what happens in Afghanistan should stay in Afghanistan?

[longtooth]

This is a shame. War is hell. WWll the only rules of engagement were WIN. When you handcuff the Military Good Guy casualties go up by leaps and bounds. Turn him loose and turn our military loose to win the war they are in.

[longtooth]

ATTENTION MODS !!!!!!
My last 2 posts have had black titles instead of the blue like before. Does anyone know why???????????
Also at the bottom there are now 2 squares. On says full Editor and Preview. The other as always has been "Submit"

OK, I logged out and back in. Everything is back as it used to be.

[bblhd672]

https://www.foxnews.com/us/former-decor ... bomb-maker

Is this remnants of the Obama Administration's investigation, or is there really something to this?

Apparently the bomb maker killed two US Marines.

Or does this fall under what happens in Afghanistan should stay in Afghanistan?

Allegedly murdered, hasn't been convicted despite his best efforts.

He was cleared by the Army, then couldn't keep his mouth shut and gave Fox News an interview.

[MaduroBU]

So a commander acted independently by carrying out his own threat assessment based upon ground level intelligence, reached a different conclusion than the CIA, and removed a threat?

And our Army's response is "charge this man with murder"? They make it sound like shooting the prisoner in the head behind the camp would've been fine except that he wasn't on the CIA's list, which is the exact type of centralized thinking that plagued our efforts in Vietnam, from LBJ picking bombing targets down to analagous situations with the Phoenix program. The real failure here appears to be that the command structure wouldn't listen when the accused told them that the prisoner was in fact a threat.

[03Lightningrocks]

So a commander acted independently by carrying out his own threat assessment based upon ground level intelligence, reached a different conclusion than the CIA, and removed a threat?

And our Army's response is "charge this man with murder"? They make it sound like shooting the prisoner in the head behind the camp would've been fine except that he wasn't on the CIA's list, which is the exact type of centralized thinking that plagued our efforts in Vietnam, from LBJ picking bombing targets down to analagous situations with the Phoenix program. The real failure here appears to be that the command structure wouldn't listen when the accused told them that the prisoner was in fact a threat.

[anygunanywhere]

Put me on the jury please.

[Pawpaw]

TRUMP TO REVIEW CASE OF GREEN BERET CHARGED WITH KILLING TALIBAN

President Donald Trump will review the case of a former U.S. Army Green Beret charged with the premeditated murder of an Afghan while serving in 2010, he tweeted Sunday morning.

[philip964]

TRUMP TO REVIEW CASE OF GREEN BERET CHARGED WITH KILLING TALIBAN

President Donald Trump will review the case of a former U.S. Army Green Beret charged with the premeditated murder of an Afghan while serving in 2010, he tweeted Sunday morning.

Great news, I was hoping

[longtooth]

I like it. TRUMP TO REVIEW CASE OF GREEN BERET CHARGED WITH KILLING TALIBAN As Commander In Chief can he just dismiss the charges or will he have to pardon him if convicted.

[Pawpaw]

I like it. TRUMP TO REVIEW CASE OF GREEN BERET CHARGED WITH KILLING TALIBAN As Commander In Chief can he just dismiss the charges or will he have to pardon him if convicted.

Ford pardoned Nixon before he was even indicted.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-his ... dent-nixon

I don't know why Trump couldn't do the same for this guy.

[G26ster]

Once someone is charged under the UCMJ, it is a crime to exert "command influence," although no commander has ever been procecuted under the Unlawful Command Influence (UCI) section of the UCMJ. I believe POTUS should/must remain unbiased until after any trial and verdict before any action is, or is not, taken.

[RPBrown]

Put me on the jury please.

[G26ster]

Put me on the jury please.

Trial by military court martial, not a civil trial, judged by military personnel, but I get your point.