{"id":62074,"date":"2015-09-29T16:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T20:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=62074"},"modified":"2015-09-29T16:35:10","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T20:35:10","slug":"to-free-the-oppressed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=62074","title":{"rendered":"To Free the Oppressed"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Fox News<\/a>, Sergeant First Class Charles Martland, the Special Forces sergeant who is being discharged for shoving a tribal big-wig who raped a bound boy in his home, made a statement to Congressman Duncan Hunter in regards to the incident which caused the Army to relieve him from his duties in combat;<\/p>\n

“While I understand that a military lawyer can say that I was legally wrong, we felt a moral obligation to act,” he said. <\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

“Captain Quinn picked him up and threw him,” Martland said. “I [proceeded to] body slam him multiple times.” <\/p>\n

Martland continued: “I kicked him once in his ribcage after one of the body slams. I put my foot on his neck and yelled at him after one body slam, but did not kick or punch him in the face. I continued to body slam him and throw him for 50 meters until he was outside the camp.” <\/p>\n

Quinn said, “I physically threw him through our front gate and off our camp.” <\/p>\n

Martland, though, disputed allegations the confrontation was more severe. <\/p>\n

“He was never knocked out, and he ran away from our camp. It did not last longer than 5 minutes. The child rapist’s allegations against us are ridiculous,” he said. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The motto of the Special Forces is “De Oppresso Liber” meaning “to free the oppressed”, I think you would have to work real hard to find someone more oppressed than a child tied to a post in a man’s bedroom for about two weeks for the purpose of rape. Ask any father if they would have reacted differently, or any other real man.<\/p>\n

But, then we’re talking about the same Army who thought it was perfectly acceptable to disarm soldiers in combat while they were being slaughtered by their allies, and then blame those dead soldiers for being culturally insensitive, thus causing their own murders.<\/p>\n

The Army is really screwed on this issue;<\/p>\n

“The entire operational Chain of Command supported the relief for cause and reprimand,” [an individual claiming to be Colonel Steve Johnson — a U.S. commander in Afghanistan at the time] wrote. “Vigilantism is illegal in the United States and should not be condoned elsewhere.” <\/p>\n

He wrote: “We should do our best to ensure that the accused is brought to justice legally and fairly — we should never take the law into our own hands (as Martland and Quinn did).” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Maybe that’s true, but the Army is handling this all wrong. In a time of budget constraints, and the need for more Special Forces soldiers, it makes little sense to toss out the best and the experienced for being a normal man.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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