Marine officer under fire gets support on 2 fronts :: WorldNetDaily
A Marine officer on trial for failing to investigate alleged war crimes in Haditha is getting support on two fronts.
Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani did, in fact, brief his higher-ups on the pitched battle that pitted U.S. Marines against terrorists in the Iraqi village Nov. 19, 2005, said Maj. Gen. Richard Huck in a military version of a preliminary hearing in the case.
Chessani was brought up on military charges after Time magazine accused Marines of "massacring" civilians in the firefight in Haditha. Later, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., publicly accused Marine officers of a "cover-up."
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After the Beirut bombing, the politicians and higher ups in the chain of command looked for someone to dump the blame on, and they chose the MAU commander. Some things never change. You have to be high enough to take the blame, and low enough to be unable to defend yourself.
yes indeed.
However, there is a difference between the two. In the Beirut case it was a matter of someone having to fall on the sword. No agenda save cover-your-ass. In the Haditha case there is an hate-America, anti-military, anti-Bush, anti-war agenda by all those involved in this persecution.
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