{"id":23440,"date":"2011-05-16T14:27:04","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T18:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=23440"},"modified":"2011-05-16T14:31:33","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T18:31:33","slug":"jason-lemieux-then-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=23440","title":{"rendered":"Jason Lemieux: then and now"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was in the committee meeting room when Jason Lemieux testified to Congress at the Winter Soldier hearings. It was almost word-for-word what he said at the original WSII hearings in Silver Spring, MD. At the time I wrote<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Jason Lemieux followed Kelly. He was discharged in 2006 \u2013 before General Petraeus took command. He began with the standard illegal war blather and testified to the destruction of property. His Rules of Engagement (ROE) were that he should shoot Iraqis that made him uncomfortable and he claimed that excessive force was routine.<\/p>\n

Lemieux recounted one incident, and began the story with the standard \u201cI don\u2019t remember the date\u201d. His unit returned fire with thousands of rounds and Lemieux called it indiscriminate (even though he was in the headquarters and only heard the rounds being fired and didn\u2019t witness the actual fire fight). IVAW seems to be fixated on destroyed buildings. Probably because most were so far from the action, all they got to see was destroyed buildings. He went on to say that troops aren\u2019t fighting for democracy, or the flag, or the country\u2026just for their own safety and that somehow makes them dangerous to Iraqis. We can only hope the Iraqis realize that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Three years later, almost to the day, Lemieux is again in the news, this time it’s Fox News<\/a>;<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn’t be here if I hadn’t have joined the Marine Corps,” Jason Lemieux, a veteran and soon-to-be graduate, said. “It just wouldn’t have happened.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And you repay the Corps by testifying to the “Out of Iraq Caucus” that the Marine Corps was running around Iraq firing indiscriminately at buildings and people? Nice. <\/p>\n

I mean I’m glad for Jason that he went on with his life and has done something besides be another Bill Perry<\/a> or Ward Reilly<\/a>, but, why did he have to shit all over the people who he now credits for his success?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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