S.E.A.L.s under fire

What is going on in this country? 3 Navy SEALs are facing court marshall for punching a detainee in the stomach. The detainee is one Ahmed Hashim Abed, the ringleader of a group of Iraqi insurgents who in 2004 ambushed 4 Blackwater employees. These Blackwater men were delivering water to a military catering company for our troops. They were ambushed, shot, set on fire and then their charred bodies were hung from a bridge over the Euphrates River. Sounds like a nice guy, this Abed. Well it took 5 years to capture this scum and now 3 of our brave soldiers are going to have their careers tarnished because they punched this scumbag in the stomach and maybe gave him a bloody lip? Are they kidding? How are we supposed to fight a war like this? Should they have given Abed a time out and taken away his milk and cookies? Or maybe they could have just reasoned with him. I’m sure a person who would burn and hang people who were delivering water to troops would be someone likely to listen to reason.

What is the motivation for anyone to want to fight for this country right now when the rules of engagement are so muddled. This is clearly worse than VietNam and we all saw how that turned out. And this comes on the heels of the Ft Hood massacre where that idiot General Casey stated that the culture of diversity in the military is more important than the lives of the dead soldiers. I think a strong statement needs to be sent to the top Brass of the military and this Administration. I would like to see officers stand up for these SEALs and protest their court marshall by threatening to resign en masse. Maybe that will show these idiots that war cannot be won fighting with hands tied behind our backs.