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Of Cowards and Chesty Puller
Posted by Raven on September 19th, 2007
Charges have been dismissed against another Marine involved with the Haditha events of Nov. 2005.
A U.S. Marine company commander who led the unit that killed as many as 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha, Iraq, has had all criminal charges against him dismissed nearly two years after the shootings occurred.
Marine Corps officials announced yesterday that Capt. Lucas M. McConnell no longer faces two counts of dereliction of duty in allegedly not investigating the Nov. 19, 2005, shootings and not reporting up his chain of command. Three senior officers above McConnell received administrative punishments this month for their own actions and inactions after the incident.
The three senior Marines were censored.
The dismissal of the charges, officially dated Sept. 12, amounts to a full exoneration for McConnell, who was one of four officers charged with crimes related to the aftermath of the shootings.
As it should be: A full exoneration. This is a good thing.
Yesterday much ado was made of one John Coward Murtha, the NON Marine who has yet to apologize for his accusations before evidence and trial, against Marines. Murtha was confronted and asked why he hasn’t expressed an apology…Murtha’s not a Marine so he feels no need to be sorry.
In emails and comments left here and there I expressed a saying that my X has always proclaimed:
God has a special place for Marines in Heaven. But before they get there they have to meet with their real makers first: Sergeant Major Daly; then the one and only Major General John A. Lejeune; then, as a final test they must meet with Chesty.
Everyone knows who Chesty is ( and for those who don’t, GOOGLE it)- and every Marine certainly knows of Chesty. In some joking around in emails came this fun from one of Chesty’s famous quotes:
“All right, they’re on our left, they’re on our right, they’re in front of us, they’re behind us…they can’t get away this time”
What would Murtha say to this?? –> “Where’s the white flag???”
GM has it all figured out- what would Chesty say to Murtha these days…go have a laugh.
