Thanks Purpleslog for the link...
via FoxNews.
On a personal note I've met guys that were translators that were rock solid, quick check of the eyes let you know that they were with you and your spider senses never went off when they were doing the Marine thing.
I've met others that made my skin crawl.
Cpl Hassoun fits the skin crawl category.
If this was the Marine Corps of old, then mercy shouldn't be expected. We'll see what happens but if he gets away without punishment then I will be disappointed but not surprised.
via FoxNews.
WASHINGTON – A Marine who was declared a deserter nearly 10 years ago after disappearing in Iraq and then returning to the U.S. claiming he had been kidnapped, only to disappear again, is back in U.S. custody, officials said Sunday.I call him the Marine Corps' Bergdahl because plain and simple the guy deserted.
Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, 34, turned himself in and was being flown Sunday from an undisclosed location in the Middle East to Norfolk, Va. He is to be moved Monday to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, according to a spokesman, Capt. Eric Flanagan.
Maj. Gen. Raymond Fox, commander of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Lejeune, will determine whether to court martial Hassoun.
Hassoun disappeared from his unit in Iraq's western desert in June 2004. The following month he turned up unharmed in Beirut, Lebanon and blamed his disappearance on Islamic extremist kidnappers. He was returned to Lejeune and was about to face the military equivalent of a grand jury hearing when he disappeared again.
On a personal note I've met guys that were translators that were rock solid, quick check of the eyes let you know that they were with you and your spider senses never went off when they were doing the Marine thing.
I've met others that made my skin crawl.
Cpl Hassoun fits the skin crawl category.
If this was the Marine Corps of old, then mercy shouldn't be expected. We'll see what happens but if he gets away without punishment then I will be disappointed but not surprised.
Sol..."Spidey" senses? Love it. This is a skill and art that everyone needs to hone.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back, Article 15 or General Court?
ReplyDeletePRISONER, COUNT OFF!
SIR, ONE SIR!
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ReplyDeleteThis can another view of the present problem. This could be only tip of the iceberg.
He has one ace in his pocket for leniency...knowledge of the ratline that used to flee the US. Unless the info is to old, it might be useful. I assuming it was used to move people/material in/out of the US...sort of an evil underground railroad.
ReplyDeleteWishful thinking moment: I suppose if we are lucky, in 50 years some secret records will be opened and we will find out he has been working deep cover for the CIA doing humint on the bad guy logistical and finance networks.
Yet another easy decision to have an Article 32 hearing.
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