tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post246366081309127031..comments2024-01-04T07:21:18.243-05:00Comments on John In Carolina: Haditha Case ImplodesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-22791150053890441322007-10-05T10:10:00.000-04:002007-10-05T10:10:00.000-04:00I came late to the Haditha story and I regret that...I came late to the Haditha story and I regret that - although I remember when Murtha said the Marines had committed "cold blooded murder". At the time I spent most of my available reading time, here, at liestoppers and DIW. The Duke case sucked up most of my pyschic energy. But even with that I knew what an assault on due process and fairness that statement at that time was.<BR/><BR/>I am glad the Marines that have been exonerated have been exonerated. I don't consider the lessening of charges for Wuternich to be just or to be a victory. It seems to me the military is imposing a civilian law enforcement standard on combat operations - and that is neither just nor does it bode well for effectiveness of our fighting forces. Basically we are criminalizing battlefield behavior and decision making in what we used to call in the Air Force a "ground speed zero critique". <BR/><BR/>Did SSgt Wuternich overreact at Haditha? I don't know because I don't know enough about ground combat. Should SSgt Wuternich lead men in combat again? Maybe , maybe not. But what I do know is that if SSgt Wuternich comes out of this with a FELONY record - it will be a supreme injustice IMO - whether he ever spends a day in jail or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-54308881261816377542007-10-04T23:05:00.000-04:002007-10-04T23:05:00.000-04:00Meanwhile, there is effort to silence Duke's reall...Meanwhile, there is effort to silence Duke's really esteemed faculty. Don't let it happen!<BR/><BR/>/Originally posted by<BR/><BR/><BR/> E. Roy Weintraub<BR/><BR/> / * The following letter was today submitted to the Chronicle for<BR/> publication:<BR/><BR/> Dear Editor: I was surprised to read Emeritus Professor Holsti's<BR/> letter yesterday, and Chemistry Chairman Warren's e-letter of<BR/> support. Castigating Duke students for underage drinking, the only<BR/> possible illegal act that occurred at that off campus party held in<BR/> March 2006 (aside from the filing of a fraudulent rape complaint)<BR/> should also I suggest be balanced by their public recognition that<BR/> some of their colleagues and former colleagues in their departments<BR/> and in Arts and Sciences have in the past taken, manufactured, and<BR/> sold illegal drugs, illegally smuggled alcohol into North Carolina,<BR/> sexually harassed and assaulted undergraduate students, graduate<BR/> students, and staff members both male and female, mishandled and<BR/> misappropriated federal funds, published student research as their<BR/> own work, committed adultery, cohabitated(!), attempted to murder a<BR/> sitting judge, etc.. A conversation with the University Counsel, who<BR/> keeps some of such records (associated with verified complaints<BR/> against current faculty members), might lead faculty to a bit more<BR/> unwillingness to cast (as President Brodhead termed them)<BR/> "ill-advised" stones.<BR/><BR/> E. Roy Weintraub<BR/> Professor of Economics*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-84403655415456115922007-10-04T20:47:00.000-04:002007-10-04T20:47:00.000-04:00And I'm fairly certain a Marine is suing Murtha fo...And I'm fairly certain a Marine is suing Murtha for defamation. There should be multiple suits and he should be ruined for what he had done. Defamation is bad but to do it to those risking their lives for us is beyond words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com