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1. #1
   On January 2nd, 2012 at 1:21 am, rocketman said:

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   Guilty until they can prove themselves innocent seems to be the rule here. It has been 6 years since these politically motivated witch hunt charges were made. These Marines were treated very poorly for years. George Bush 43 was the real target–the troops were the left’s surrogate in their zeal to force an early end to the war.
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   The Captain (squad leader in this case) is always supposed to go down with his ship. The leader is usually held responsible for what his subordinates do–fair or not. With all but the staff sergeant turned loose it seems hard to prove anything against him.
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   Too bad that the real terrorists–like the KSM guy who hacked off reporter Daniel Pearl’s head on video are still living large–no trials for them. Unequal justice for all.
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   John Bibb
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2. #2
   On January 2nd, 2012 at 2:25 am, AlohaGuy said:

   Then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama unabashedly backed Murtha’s smears.

   Can we charge the CiC for the innocent deaths of Pakistanis? Or Brian Terry?

3. #3
   On January 2nd, 2012 at 3:03 am, Hangfire said:

   That bastard Murtha has a commissioned U.S. Naval vessel named after him.A commissioned warship! Not a tug, or a barge. An LPD!!!!!The first act a Republican president should do is re-name that ship, or use it for a Sink-Ex.

   It’s bad enough that there is a submarine named for Jimmah Carter, but Murtha?

4. #4
   On January 2nd, 2012 at 3:39 am, theloneranger said:

   Our government is totally rotten to the core. There’s not much else to say.

5. #5
   On January 2nd, 2012 at 3:41 am, DownDiver said:

   Thank You Michelle for keeping an eye on this. I live in San Diego and have been checking the Defend Our Marines web site a couple of time a week ever since I saw the video of Murtha slinking away from questions in the Capital Building hallway. The man lost his way….the only FORMER Marine (and now a former human). The only thing they should have named after him was a dog pile I saw this afternoon. Thank God he can’t spew any more stupidity.

   SSgt Frank D. Wuterich MUST be exonerated and the charges dropped.

   Semper Fi

6. #6
   On January 2nd, 2012 at 4:03 am, redgypsy said:

   Wuterich, hooah. Murtha, phtttt.
   So sad that Wuterich has had the past 5 1/2 years taken from him.
   What a travesty.
   Wow, Biden has had such an illustrious career. Murtha & Biden, examples of American superiority and character. sarc/

7. #7
   On January 2nd, 2012 at 6:18 am, docflash said:

   These Marines were used by Murtha and Co.to get George Bush and regain power.Ask around,there are alot of us who saw this as treason.

8. #8
   On January 2nd, 2012 at 6:46 am, Sergeant Tim said:

   Thank you for the hat tip, Michelle. I was happy to contribute at least in that small way.

   You – like David Allender and Nat Helms at Defend Our Marines – have kept the faith with these eight Marines.

   While I would have preferred to drive post-trial to Johnstown to ask former Congressman John Murtha for his reaction, I instead plan to see the Tribune-Democrat’s Chip “Murtha was right” Minemyer.

9. #9
   On January 2nd, 2012 at 7:01 am, dat60a3 said:

   Chief Justice Warren Berger said that if he ever had to go to trial he would want it to be a military courts martial because it is the most fair system. Let us hope that it is still the case and has not been tainted by politics and outside influences. May the man get a truely fair trial.

10. #10
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 7:07 am, Cameron said:

    DownDiver, a small correction: Murtha is an EX Marine, not former.

    Once Staff Sergeant Wuterich is cleared, here’s hoping that he gets a considerable chunk of change from the Marines and the scalps of the reporters and Congresscritters that slandered him.

11. #11
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 8:25 am, Sergeant Tim said:

    The stench of liberal media bias in the Haditha investigation was made evident on June 5th, 2006 when Sweetness & Light reported McGirk Wanted To Call Haditha A “Massacre”.

12. #12
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 8:43 am, conservative hispanic said:

    7 down, 1 to go. Please, pray for SSgt. Wuterich.

13. #13
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 8:51 am, 123upnorth said:

    So your C.I.C. sends men to war with the instructions to kill the enemy, yet the soliders are put on trial on questionable charges. Shouldn’t Bush and Obama be put on trial if this shoulder is standing trial as well?

14. #14
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 8:52 am, 123upnorth said:

    should read…’solider is standing trial as well?’

15. #15
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 9:19 am, huhwhat said:

    Of course ol’ Bite me had to put in his two cents worth on another issue he knows nothing about. I truly hate Dems, Progressives, Liberals, or whatever they are calling themselves this week.

16. #16
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 9:48 am, Barb said:

    Same as the now illegal NDDA law ignoring the Constitution. This was the first to make sure the innocent were guilty unless they could prove otherwise. Our Constitution has been shredded by those in charge. Those who think Bush and his ilk are innocent of blood need to remember he was president when this started. Him and Rumsfield could have killed this travesty before it ever gained traction.

    Our nation lost its way. May God have mercy on all of us as we are a nation of laws ruled by the lawless.

17. #17
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 9:54 am, sbw999 said:

    The only people that support this continued prosecution are America hating left wing idiots, including our President. I hope this soldier makes a fortune after his acquittal suing for defamation. The cancer of political correctness is killing us slowly.

18. #18
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 9:57 am, zorro said:

    We will continue to pray for SSgt Wuterich, his family and all those seated to judge this fine Marine.

19. #19
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 10:03 am, squeeze127 said:

    The sad part of Rep. Murtha was he was a Vietnam Vet and was a commisioned officer. He had my vote the first few years of his running, because of the “brotherhood” and we all share a common background. Unfortunately he was my representative and had not voted for him the last 4 terms. Being a vet brother, I hate to talk bad of anyone that was there.

20. #20
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 10:14 am, letget said:

    I also pray God will give those judging SSGT Wuterich a fair trial by their verdict. God bless all our wonderful men, women, and families of our military. I am so sorry we have bho as our military cic.
    L

21. #21
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 10:48 am, ChapBix said:

    #1. On January 2nd, 2012 at 1:21 am, rocketman said:

    The Captain (squad leader in this case) is always supposed to go down with his ship. The leader is usually held responsible for what his subordinates do–fair or not. With all but the staff sergeant turned loose it seems hard to prove anything against him.

    Rule #1: The usual rules of assigning responsibility and punishment do not apply to progs/libs, especially Democrats. Unless, of course, they are no longer needed by the above mentioned progs/libs and their “crimes” are so egregious they cannot withstand the onslaught of public scrutiny.

22. #22
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 10:56 am, rightisright said:

    Of all the slugs and p’sos in the government now days that I detest Murtha makes me wretch at his name. Murtha became a spineless, lying liberal that would stoop to any level to follow the un_American plot to destroy America from within for his own benefit regardless of innocent people damaged….a real 1st class POS and traitor, IMO.

23. #23
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 10:57 am, Virginia Patriot said:

    When you ignore part of the Constitution (Art II sec 1), you forfeit all of it.

    The founders had a very good reason to insist on a natural born citizen as Commander in Chief.

    They could not have forseen the way that freedom of the press could become oppressive propaganda.

24. #24
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 11:04 am, robhic said:

    In the spirit of K.I.S.S (keep it simple, stupid) need someone remind all these posturing windbags and stuffed suits that this occured during a WAR?!?!? It’s not the same as a peace-time or homeland situation. It’s a war and those “other guys” are trying to kill you! All of them! We need to kill back. And hopefully some sanity will reign in this travesty of a dog-and-pony show trial….

25. #25
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 12:35 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Undeclared wars with ROE changing daily and no end sight terms for victory, using soldiers trained in death and destruction, and the hanky twisting hand wringers wonder why civilians get caught in the firefights, making them feel all ooky. SSgt Frank D. Wuterich deserves a freaking medal for all the BS he has endured.

26. #26
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 12:47 pm, greenfairie said:

    I hope that the acquittals of the other men means SSgt. Wuterich will be acquitted as well. You can never tell me the Democrats are pro-military. They are the product of the ’60s anti-war and by extension anti-military left.

27. #27
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 1:02 pm, Collateral Damage said:

    The late Jack(ass) Murtha, king of earmarks and graft, is the posterboy example as to why the Doltocrats have have a JACKASS for a party symbol!!!
    Free Wuterich NOW!!!

28. #28
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 1:08 pm, DonkeyHoatie said:

    On January 2nd, 2012 at 3:03 am, Hangfire said:

    That bastard Murtha has a commissioned U.S. Naval vessel named after him.A commissioned warship! Not a tug, or a barge. An LPD!!!!!The first act a Republican president should do is re-name that ship, or use it for a Sink-Ex.

    I’m currently working on the construction of this vessel, and it sickens me every time I think about the designated name. I prefer to think of it as “LPD 26″ rather than the John P Murtha. It’s not yet commissioned, and it won’t be officially part of the Navy (it’s currently owned by the builders while it’s under construction) for another few years. But I still doubt that Congress, or the Navy, will rename the vessel.

29. #29
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 1:20 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    I’m in agreement with the posts I see here. The fact that a Naval vessel is going to bear this traitorous, lying, criminal Murtha’s name is beyond the pale. A new Republican President should not allow it to stand. Pray that we see justice in Sergeant Wuterich’s case. This continues to confirm my belief that lib/marxists, especially politicians, will sacrifice anyone, including the innocent to get what they want.

30. #30
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 1:25 pm, dukehoopsfan said:

    Where are the command Sargeant Major and the Commandant of the Marine Corps and why have they not put a stop to this insanity?

31. #31
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 1:38 pm, Republicanvet said:

    On January 02, 2012 at 01:03 am, Hangfire said:
    

    That bastard Murtha has a commissioned U.S. Naval vessel named after him.A commissioned warship! Not a tug, or a barge. An LPD!!!!!The first act a Republican president should do is re-name that ship, or use it for a Sink-Ex.

    It’s bad enough that there is a submarine named for Jimmah Carter, but Murtha?

    Everyone of those charged and exonerated in this despicable, leftist created mess should mount an effort to petition the Dod to have the ship renamed.

    Make it so embarrassing for them they beg to rename it. I’m sure there would be plenty of supporters for such an effort.

    This is one of the reasons I so despise leftists, whether they hold office or are just a knuckle dragging, mouth breathing supporter. They publicly claim to support the troops, yet never miss a chance to gleefully smear them in the most vile manners possible when they can to further whatever lame agenda they have.

    What a stain on the military they have painted …with no effort to clean it up.

    PIGS!

32. #32
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 1:47 pm, VladimirJones said:

    Murtha’s self-named airport continues to outlive its self-serving namesake:

    Still three flights a day to Washington!

33. #33
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 1:48 pm, Peter Hughes said:

    I would strongly suggest to SSgt Frank D. Wuterich that once he is exonerated, he and the rest of the Marines so cruelly smeared by SnObama and Bidet seek a class-action lawsuit against them for slander and defamation of character.

    And then air it publicly on FNC, Michelle’s site, Drudge et al so that the rest of America can hear THEIR side of the story for a change.

    After all, fair is fair.

    Regards,
    Peter H.

    PS – Happy New Year to all!

34. #34
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 1:52 pm, Republicanvet said:

    On January 02, 2012 at 08:03 am, squeeze127 said:
    

    Being a vet brother, I hate to talk bad of anyone that was there.

    There is a difference between you denouncing that POS actions, and his having a national platform to wrongly smear others.

    Murtha deserves whatever derision he gets and more.

    His actions clearly show he forgot long ago what it meant to be a “vet brother”, honorable in any manner and deserving of defense. He chose politics over everything.

35. #35
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 1:55 pm, Flyoverman said:

    A real Sec Def would have ended this travesty within a week.

36. #36
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 2:30 pm, letget said:

    Is there any way a new r president can see to it that murtha’s name is off that ship and re-name it? And no, I do not mean to replace the name with bho’s! Both bho and murtha are below slug slimes, IMO.
    L

37. #37
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 3:09 pm, cabrerski said:

    I don’t believe the USS John P Murtha will ever leave the dock after its trials. If it does so, it will be constantly at left full rudder and will always need to be over-replenished with supplies it does not need.

38. #38
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 4:05 pm, plymouthacclaim said:

    The good news is that every time the sailors on the LPD 26 use the head, they will be peeing on John P Murtha.

39. #39
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 4:58 pm, gmatt2003 said:

    I will pray for Wuterich’s exoneration. I had thought the whole case was a witch-hunt from the get-go. May the Lord somehow repay Wuterich for the the past few years.

    As to Murtha, beyond this case, wasn’t he caught on video accepting bribe money for a vote or something? Also, didn’t he get a bunch of Fed Pork money to build a many-multi-million-dollar airport in his district, named after him, that hardly anybody uses? Too bad he didn’t live long enough to be publicly disgraced by his false accusations in the Haditha thing, and all his other corrupt actions.

    “Vengeange is mine,” sayeth the Lord. “I shall repay.”

40. #40
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 6:06 pm, Hiraghm said:

    I’m trying to figure out what crime they committed? Were there American civilians in Haditha? Is Haditha a suburb of London, or Des Moines? U.S. marines killed Iraqis… where’s the crime? Only in that we turned our soldiers into servants for Iraqis rather than conquering Iraq. Only in that we didn’t tell the rest of Iraq, “this is what happens when you try to kill Americans.”

    What next? Will we be charging the crew of the Enola Gay with war crimes?

    If we’re going to go back to the “moral code” and laws of wars Europeans invented 400 years ago, let’s do away with teaching Kung Fu and other Asian hand-to-hand combat techniques to the troops, because men don’t fight like that; it’s not moral. Let’s disband our sniper training facilities. Let’s give up any hope of ever defeating a middle-eastern or Asian non-16th-century-European enemy.

    History is replete with examples of military powers who failed to recognize and adjust their strategies and tactics to new situations, tactics, and technologies. 600,000 men died in the Confederate War because we were still fighting with Napoleonic tactics using weapons 50 years more effective than the ones used in the Napoleonic Wars. The Confederacy lost, because Sheridan threw away the Laws of War and made war on civilian populations; a tactic he continued in the plains indians wars; also because the South clung to out-dated notions of honor and courage and wasted men and material; because the southern States still had an archaic agrarian society while the northern ones had then-modern industrial societies.

    Early in WWI, aerial bombardment was considered barbaric and a violation of the laws of war (but poison gas wasn’t; thousands died because of old-fashioned trench warfar coming up against new weapons and tactics).

    We won our independence because we stopped following the tactics dictated by the Laws of War. Europe lost her colonies, Britain lost India, because they insisted on clinging to outdated tactics and beliefs when faced with new, hateful tactics by their enemies.
    We face the economic problems we face today because, confronted by Japan’s ongoing economic war, and China’s economic war, our politicians kept pointing at “Smoot-Hawley” with one hand while taking bribes with the other, as their mouths decried the reality of the new tactics of war-by-other-means.

    Always the new, necessary tactics and changes are anathema to the old way of doing things. Always. Those who won’t bite the bullet and change are usually the ones who lose.

41. #41
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 6:12 pm, OK_Loyalist said:

    On January 2nd, 2012 at 4:05 pm, plymouthacclaim said:

    LOL

    This is why I look forward to the Barack Hussein Obama Sewage Treatment facility coming to a city near one of us.

42. #42
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 6:24 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On January 2nd, 2012 at 3:09 pm, cabrerski said:
    I don’t believe the USS John P Murtha will ever leave the dock after its trials. If it does so, it will be constantly at left full rudder and will always need to be over-replenished with supplies it does not need.

    That ship, just like its namesake, will never be able to hold its water. I predict lots of dry dock for it and it will be so much trouble that it will be retired in disgrace.

43. #43
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 6:45 pm, TigerLady said:

    theloneranger said:
    Our government is totally rotten to the core. There’s not much else to say.

    Agreed and we may not see justice on this side of heaven.

    Pray that we see justice in Sergeant Wuterich’s case. This continues to confirm my belief that lib/marxists, especially politicians, will sacrifice anyone, including the innocent to get what they want.

    Exactly.

44. #44
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 7:09 pm, dan708 said:

    I wonder how many years Sgt Wuterich has aged while wondering, “I was protecting my country; why am I on trial?!”

45. #45
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 8:37 pm, Republicanvet said:

    On January 02, 2012 at 01:09 pm, cabrerski said:
    

    I don’t believe the USS John P Murtha will ever leave the dock after its trials. If it does so, it will be constantly at left full rudder and will always need to be over-replenished with supplies it does not need.

    Like the politician, there will be lots of supplies earmarked for the ship at the expense of the rest of the Navy.

46. #46
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 8:38 pm, Republicanvet said:

    On January 02, 2012 at 04:12 pm, OK_Loyalist said:
    

    On January 2nd, 2012 at 4:05 pm, plymouthacclaim said:

    LOL

    This is why I look forward to the Barack Hussein Obama Sewage Treatment facility coming to a city near one of us.

    Not near me I hope. Who needs a sewage facility that’s always full of it.

47. #47
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 8:41 pm, Republicanvet said:

    On January 02, 2012 at 05:09 pm, dan708 said:
    

    I wonder how many years Sgt Wuterich has aged while wondering, “I was protecting my country; why am I on trial?!”

    I’ve been wondering why Murthas colleagues didn’t put a stop to his smears.

    You would think one of his fellow reps would have publicly called him out and told him to shut his piehole.

48. #48
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 9:56 pm, DonkeyHoatie said:

    The Obama Sewage Treatment Plant would be run by the media. After all, they process all his manure and make it smell like roses already.

    I do hope that if LPD 26 ends up with problems, it’s not as a result of any of the systems I’m responsible for providing.

49. #49
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 10:35 pm, Hangfire said:

    On January 2nd, 2012 at 9:56 pm, DonkeyHoatie said:
    I do hope that if LPD 26 ends up with problems, it’s not as a result of any of the systems I’m responsible for providing.

    You don’t want credit?

50. #50
    On January 2nd, 2012 at 10:36 pm, Hangfire said:

    I would have the sanitary tank vents piped into the wardroom ventilation supply.

    Or induce a 6 fathom error in the fathometer.

51. #51
    On January 3rd, 2012 at 6:45 pm, JusDreamin said:

    Of course it had to be an LPD right? Pick a ship packed with Marines, designed specifically to deliver them into battle. What a disgrace.

52. #52
    On January 3rd, 2012 at 7:15 pm, T-Bone said:

    The Marines did kill those people. Most were in some houses used by the insurgents. The insurgents were seen running out the back door by our air support while the Marines came in the front door. They were already under fire. The insurgents used the families in those houses as human shields.

    The Marines also killed some men in a taxi that was approaching the scene. There are cell phone records that the men in the taxi were communicating with other insurgents in the area and had been plotting the IED attack for some time. Those men were not “innocents”.

    He will be exonerated. There is plenty of evidence to show what really happened was a IED attack and small arms attack on the patrol. It was planned by insurgents in the area and supported by most of the citizenry. They brutally killed one of our guys and the rest of the patrol took on the fight in the kill zone. They were brave and strong. The insurgents were cowardly and weak.

    Many of the people killed were actual insurgents. There were some “innocent” women and children killed. The scope of their involvement is unknown, however, they had ties to known insurgents in the area. The marines kicked in the door of their home, heard noises in a back room and burst into the room shooting. They had received fire from that home and were not waiting around for someone else to shoot at them before opening fire.

    Thats not murder Murtha, thats war and trying to come home alive. Kill or be killed. The enemy puts those people in danger by not wearing uniforms, trying to blend in with other citizens, and shooting at Marines from their homes.

    This is common knowledge. Why this guy is even on trial is just a showpiece to appease our enemies.

53. #53
    On January 3rd, 2012 at 8:26 pm, Hiraghm said:

    They brutally killed one of our guys and the rest of the patrol took on the fight in the kill zone. They were brave and strong. The insurgents were cowardly and weak.

    My response, as POTUS:

    Ripley: I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

54. #54
    On January 3rd, 2012 at 8:38 pm, Hiraghm said:

    Ted Cogswell summed up my general foreign policy, specifically with regard to our troops in the field:

    “Why did you fire on us?” thought Barden.
    “You are alien. We are at war, in fact, have been at war with the
    devils from that star–” and here came a mixed-impression of a
    distorted constellation that was not familiar to Barden, who was not
    too familiar with astronomy, anyway, and so he passed it over. He
    stopped the alien momentarily, to send one of the men to tell Jerry
    Brandt to return to within a light-year or so of Procyon.
    “But,” continued the alien, “you are not using–that?”
    “Not exactly,” said Barden.
    “No, for that means death.”
    “We were going to try it out,” was Barden’s calm thought.
    “On– NO!” came the terrified reply.
    “Well,” returned Barden, “we’re never pleased with red-hots who
    shoot at us!”
    “But an entire system?” came the pleading exclamation.
    “Filled with people of the same ilk,” returned Barden unimpressed.
    “But even warfare must not be annihilation,” objected the alien. “For of what value is a dead enemy?”

    “They are no longer any bother,” Barden grunted. “We dislike being bothered, and our will happens to be that we want to go wherever we choose at any time we please. A favorable attitude upon the part of any other culture is one that permits us our will. A dead culture will
    never obstruct us, for one thing. It will never revert to its original attitude of belligerency, for the second thing. And for the third thing, alien, with the interstellar drive we have, we can find those cultures in the galaxy which see exactly as we do; therefore it is to our advantage to eliminate any malcontents right now.”

    (excerpted from “The Catspaw” by Theodore Cogswell)

55. #55
    On January 3rd, 2012 at 8:58 pm, T-Bone said:

    Yes, we are the nicest, most gracious, friendly army anywhere. We have very restrictive rules of engagement and rebuild a nation we destroy after they attack us and we give it back to them.

    We wait until they shoot at us and we knock on the door when we do a raid. We don’t even look at the women even though some of them are certainly men crossdressing to avoid capture.

    We try not to attack the enemy while they are having dinner with their family before going out to set deadly IEDS that main and kill our soldiers and innocent civilians nearby.

    We are so nice but yet the “enemy” still doesn’t like us. They didn’t like us before we came and they won’t like us after we leave.

    Muslims are taught to hate us because we are non believers, period. Nicey nicey does nothing for them. They know strength and weakness. They see us as weak.

    Communists hate us because we offer an alternative they can not allow their citizens to see, and they need our resources to keep their communist engine running. They will try to take it from us as they will soon run out of other peoples money.

    What was that saying, Nuke em all and use their asses for runway lights.

56. #56
    On January 4th, 2012 at 1:53 am, Christian Soldier said:

    Thank you for staying on this one for so long—and why did it take so long for them to be exonerated!
    My prayers for SSGT Wuturich-
    My thanks to Thomas Moore Law for defending the Lt Col…
    Carol-Christian Soldier

57. #57
    On January 4th, 2012 at 12:34 pm, ModerateSuccessfulDem said:

    Um, according to the political cartoon Abu Ghraib is labled as a smear. It was real as we have photos taken, MM.