Trump May Pardon Several Suspected War Criminals

[wvit1001]

Their alleged crimes include killing young children and burning bodies.

Trump is reportedly planning to pardon numerous military members accused of various war crimes. The alleged crimes include premeditated murder, desecrating corpses and shooting unarmed civilians. The plan has caused intense backlash: The notoriously apolitical retired Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tweeted this week: “Bad message. Bad precedent. Abdication of moral responsibility. Risk to us.”

Edward Gallagher

Conservative politicians and media outlets have championed the cause of Edward Gallagher, a Navy SEALs special operations chief with eight combat and overseas deployments. Trump has tweeted about his case.

Gallagher allegedly approached the vehicle where the suspected ISIS fighter was held and brought him out onto the ground. Three Navy SEALs say they then witnessed Gallagher pull out a knife that he often carried and repeatedly stab the prisoner in the neck, killing him. During the next several days, Gallagher allegedly said he would kill anyone who blew the whistle on his actions, and demanded the names of any SEALs who disagreed with his conduct.

Prosecutors allege that Gallagher performed a reenlistment ceremony next to the person he killed, and took a photo of the body. They allege he sent the photo to a friend and texted: “Got him with my hunting knife.”

SEALs also claim that Gallagher repeatedly shot at and may have killed civilians. One incident involved Gallagher shooting an elderly man near a riverbank while on sniper duty, according to two SEAL witnesses.

An officer in Gallagher’s chain of command is also prepared to testify that Gallagher called in false coordinates to target a mosque, according to documents reviewed by the Navy Times.

Matthew Golsteyn

Maj. Matthew Golsteyn, a former Green Beret, faces a premeditated murder charge for killing an unarmed man in Afghanistan who Golsteyn suspected of being a Taliban bombmaker.

Golsteyn admitted to killing the man during a 2011 job interview with the CIA, saying he shot the suspected bombmaker and burned his body. His admission to the CIA prompted an Army review that resulted in a formal reprimand and the rescinding of his Silver Star award, but no charges due to lack of evidence. Golsteyn also gave an interview to Fox News in 2016 where he admitted to killing the Afghan man, a statement he blames for attracting attention and resulting in his murder charge in 2018.

Nicholas Slatten

Nicholas Slatten is a former Blackwater private military contractor who was convicted of first-degree murder for the killing of an unarmed man during a massacre of Iraqi civilians in 2007.

In the incident, Slatten and other Blackwater contractors were operating in Baghdad in September 2007 when they set up a blockade at a traffic stop outside the city’s Green Zone. When a white Kia approached the blockade, federal prosecutors say, Slatten fired unprovoked on the vehicle and shot 19-year-old Ahmed Haithem Ahmed Al Rubia’y, an aspiring doctor who was driving his mother to an appointment. Two Iraqi police officers then approached the Kia, saw Al Rubia’y dead with a bullet hole in his forehead and waved at the Blackwater contractors to stop firing.

Al Rubia’y’s mother screamed for help as she held her son’s body. But the stopped Kia began to roll forward, which Blackwater contractors later claimed they took as a sign it was a car bomb. The contractors opened fire, killing Al Rubia’y’s mother and 15 other civilians at the busy traffic stop. Wounded civilians fled as Blackwater guards fired at random. One witness later described a dead man’s body shaking on the ground as guards fired bullets into the corpse. There was no car bomb, and two children ages 9 and 11 were among the dead.

Slatten was twice convicted of murder for the killing of Al Rubia’y, first in 2014 and again in 2018 after a federal appeals court called for a new trial. Three Blackwater contractors were convicted of other charges, including manslaughter, for their roles in the massacre.

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-war-crimes-pardon_n_5ce80684e4b05c15deab8454

[sine-qua-non]

Reported by who nutwit? ?

[dont-blameme]

How does that affect you wvit? When blow job bill pardoned several terrorist, we heard not one peep from you. Why wvit? Was his pardon of the terrorist done in order to help swing votes for Hillary in her bid for senator, the reason your mouth was kept shut wvit?

[wvit1001]

well he's already pardoned one sine.

and blammie, it affects me because I respect our service members and don't want to see the good that they do sullied by criminals.

I wish I could find the 60 Minutes segment from about 20 years ago on Hugh Thompson Jr, the American helecopter pilot who bravely stepped in to stop the My Lei massacre.

In the story, Morley Safer went back to My Lei with Thompson and they talk to the grateful villagers, many children at the time, who remember him helping to save their lives.

AFAIK later in his life the military brought in Thompson to give speeches to troops about the imporance of respecting the lives of civilians.

It is just beyong horrible to see Trump doing his best to undo this.

[Jw2]

The Generals are not happy.

Makes having orders - "rules of engagement" - void.

Not a good idea for good military structure.

Let alone excusing immoral actions.

blame-yourself for supporting criminals.  so much for your support of law and order.

[sine-qua-non]

Nutwit talks about respecting lives when

he supports killing the innocent 5 million + US aborted

Amazing hypocrisy in that no morals coward ain’t it ? 

[dont-blameme]

wvit why do you lie you don't respect our military or our country, you have never lifted one finger in support of the United States of America, but you sure as hell do a lot of bad mouthing  about everything America stands for.

[wvit1001]

so now it's back to insults, which is where you really want to go isn't it.

[sine-qua-non]

No, it’s back to exposing your hypocrisy once again here is all nutwit!

If you don’t lie or like it, don’t be a hypocrite as others here have also pointed out to you !

[wvit1001]

what are you yammering about sine?   why would you support trump's pardoning war criminals?

[sine-qua-non]

What ar Criminal has he pardoned nutwit ?

I don’t know of any!  This must be another of you hate Trump post based on your lies again, isn’t it ?

President Donald Trump is considering pardons for several US troops charged with war crimes. Some of the service members reportedly being considered for a pardon have not been convicted.

[dont-blameme]

wvit never lifted one finger in support of the United States of America, but he sure as hell does a lot of bad mouthing  about everything America stands for.

The socialist asshole says he's being insulted.