Analyst's note: Absolutely must read and carefully consider what is being reported here. The American people need to demand the release of Army Ranger 1LT Michael C. Behenna, but first we have to know about it. Please share this article with your circle of friends. Are you hearing about this in the main-stream media ... I didn't think so. As for those few of us that are aware, we are sick over this kind of thing. We know that political correctness kills and we now see it destroying lives of innocent Warriors who are sent into combat to fight for our freedom.
We need to hold our national "leader's" feet to the fire. Those in our federal government must come to appreciate that We the People understand what they have done and are continuing to perpetrate. In addition to demanding the release of Army Ranger 1LT Michael C. Behenna, we must demand these "leaders" change or they will be changed, never again to "serve." In short, those who continue to support and defend this willful deception described in this article must be held accountable in our nation's courts. Political correctness, in its many variants continues to kill and destroy the citizens of this great nation and destroy our national security.
For additional insight, I recommend an internal site search on the terms of "political correctness", "COIN", "Islam" "Jihad" and "Muslim Brotherhood". Why are we protecting the “noble” Islamist?
We are seeing a Double Standards of Compassion from our American Leaders! I for one am fed up with The Unabashed Literary Fondling of Petraeus; Architect of American Graves! We also continue to ask, "Why are we Legitimizing Cold Blooded Murderers; (when the enemy does it to our forces)?" Why are we accepting Unreasonable Risk and Ill-Conceived Combat Missions given to our Warriors?
We have already seen The 'Haditha Nightmare' is now closed so now we must work to see this political travesty closed as well. Then we need to determine Who Needs to be Shown the Door after the Investigation of this Travesty! We already know Our 'Allies' and Enemies are More Forthright than Our Leadership! in such matters.
We are also aware of the fact that 'Friendly Persuasion' Subverted the Enemy Assessment Process and Robbed Our Warriors of a Chance to Win and Survive in Afghanistan; Three- years-Ago! Part II & III.
We extend our thanks to our friend and associate John Bernard, First Sergeant, USMC (Retired) for his on-going work to protect and defend our American Warriors. Semper Fidelis.
There is something horribly wrong in America when a soldier is jailed for killing the enemy. The criminalization of our heroes is the liberal wet dream and the goal of the enemy, Islamic supremacists. Indeed, they make common cause of their hatred of the good.
Lt. Behenna shot a known al qaeda killer on the battlefield, a terrorist the Army had actually issued a kill/capture order for before they realized he was already dead.
His mother wrote here:
... we will not give up the fight. It is our hope that Congress will hold hearings on the Army’s Catch and Release policy and the current ROE’s that limit our soldiers and Marines ability to defend themselves sometime this fall...... I have come to believe that the only way the Army will release Michael from prison is for the American public to demand it. In that regard I am once again asking for your help. The Savage Nation has been so supportive of Michael, helping us with his legal expenses, and writing letters of encouragement to him. Now I need their voice. I need the voice of the American public to demand his release.
Michael is an exceptional young man and would never have been involved in the criminal justice system but for his attempt to interrogate Mansur. Michael’s character and professionalism has shown through even through this difficult time. When he was pending charges of premeditated murder he was never placed in pre-trial confinement. He continued to work in Iraq and when he redeployed with the 101st Airborne Division in November 2008, he lived off post in Clarksville, reporting to work every day at Ft. Campbell. One of his assignments during that time was to work on President Bush’s security detail when President Bush visited the 101st Airborne Division just before Thanksgiving of 2008.
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Michael Behenna Loses Final Appeal Bob McCartey
Short of a presidential pardon, which isn’t likely in this day and age, it appears Army Ranger 1LT Michael C. Behenna will remain behind bars at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., until he turns 40 years old. The Court of Appeals of the Armed Forces in Washington, D.C., has upheld the 29-year-old Edmond, Okla., native’s conviction stemming from a May 16, 2008, shooting in Iraq of Ali Mansur, a known Al-Qaeda operative.
Clockwise from upper left: Michael’s family; Michael; Michael as a youngster; and Michael and his girlfriend, Shannon.
The sad news arrived shortly after 6 p.m. Central Thursday, almost 11 weeks after the five-member CAAF panel heard Lieutenant Behenna’s final appeal of the verdict that found him guilty of unpremeditated murder in the shooting death of Ali Mansur, a known Al-Qaeda operative in Iraq.
It is beyond comprehension how multiple levels of the military justice system were able to reconcile the lieutenant’s conviction with the fact that the government’s own expert witness reached the conclusion that the lieutenant acted in self defense — see this post and this post for more details — but they did. And by a 3-2 margin.
