{"id":36993,"date":"2013-08-07T08:30:26","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T12:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=36993"},"modified":"2013-08-07T08:30:51","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T12:30:51","slug":"hunting-marines-heads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=36993","title":{"rendered":"Hunting Marines’ heads"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m sure you’re all familiar with the story of the Marines who were court martialed for urinating on the corpses of their enemies. I’m petty sure that most of us were upset that the incident wasn’t dealt with as Non-judicial Punishment (NJP). Well, it turns out that was the recommendation of the original convening authority, Lt. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, according to Business Insider<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Over the course of his investigation as convening authority, Waldhauser determined that the most suitable punishment for the Marines involved was nonjudicial punishment, which is less serious than court-martial.<\/p>\n

But a recent statement by Waldhauser to the Department of Defense inspector general obtained by CNN details how Amos tried to influence Waldhauser’s ruling during a meeting in February 2012.<\/p>\n

“I do not necessarily remember the exact words or sequence of what was said, but the [Commandant] did make a comment to the effect that the Marines involved needed to be \u2018crushed,'” Waldhauser said, according to the statement. “The CMC went on to say that he wanted these Marines to be discharged from the Marine Corps when this was all over.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After Waldhauser pushed back against the Commandant, he was removed as convening authority by the Commandant. So the conversation has become the basis for an appeal;<\/p>\n

Capt. James Clement, has filed a motion for dismissal in the case, contending that Amos violated Article 37 and improperly influenced the case. <\/p>\n

What’s more, Amos and his legal team allegedly sought to have documents classified that would have revealed his attempted unlawful influence over Waldhauser.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Pentagon’s inspector general’s office is investigating so there might end up being some justice in this story after all. It was clearly an over-reaction to faux outrage in the media and the commandant complying with the misbegotten wishes of his political masters.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Doug for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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