myspace log: Navy Seals - What the hell is our government thinking???

Thursday, January 14, 2010 This was sent to me in an email, but I wanted to share it with all of you. There were more pictures, but I didn’t get them all on here. Like I said, I was not there. I wish I would have been, so I could show support for our brave young Seals who are being flat out screwed by their leaders. I don’t know how else to put it.

Symptoms of Corrupting Sickness

It would be interesting to create a poll with these two photos and have people guess what’s happening.

I suspect that most would never assume anything close to the real story. It appears to be a joyous homecoming, a reuniting of mother and son. The truth is not so heart warming.

The lady in the picture is the mother of an American that was ambushed in Fallujah , Iraq. Her son was murdered. His body was dragged around in the streets of the city, then burned and hung from the upper trusses of a bridge. The murderers gathered to celebrate and have their photos taken with the trophy.

The young sailor in the picture is one of the Navy SEALs that later captured the leader of the band of terrorist butchers and brought him to justice.

If the story ended there, it would still be an acceptable feel-good, good-guys-win story. Unfortunately, that’s not the case – this Navy SEAL is facing criminal charges.

Because, somewhere along the timeline of his capture, the terrorist murderer suffered a school-yard fat lip, his captors are now being charged with nothing short of war crimes and facing discharge and imprisonment.

So, instead of celebration of justice served and heroes honored, these photos record betrayal, compounded mourning and the effects of a corrupting sickness.

This is another example of the corruption within the Obama/Holder “Injustice” Department. Be clear the current administration is no fan of the military. How difficult would it have been for Holder to issue an order to the Military to stop the trial. The SEAL’s were in effect offered a lower form on non judicial punishment, such as an Article 15. In their thinking they did nothing wrong. Why accept a plea bargain when you have done nothing wrong.

What is a fat lip on a terrorist compared with the mutilation and desiccation of the bodies of the Black Water Contractors hung from the bridge? Have we forgotten Daniel Pearl? No this administration is more concerned with how the world will view us, translate (the chosen one) that a charade like this is allowed to proceed. There is no place for political correctness or Washington conceived rules of engagement for our troops in combat. Will we ever know the results of these rules, requiring the enemy to be showing a weapon or shooting first on the number of dead trying to protect our country. It is this exact administration that has labeled combat veterans potential terrorist. You bet they are, when they return from eating sand in far away deserts to find out what you and your ilk in congress have done to their country, they will rage. Of course you had a plan an Unconstitutional, one million person civilian trained corp, of Americans to eventually protect you? It ain’t going to happen, we The People will refuse to serve you. You are not our king, nor our master, you work for us, and we will be showing you the door in November 2012. We believe in our Constitution and the Republic for which it stands, you sir apparently don’t. Random thoughts while observing the passing parade, J.C.

From WAVY.com: SEALs assault case goes to court NORFOLK, Va. – “It’s been very stressful,” said Navy SEAL Mathew McCabe, 24, moments after his arraignment in military court at Naval Station Norfolk Monday on charges that he allegedly mistreated an Iraqi detainee.

The mother of slain Blackwater guard Jerry Zovko drove from Ohio to give each of the accused SEALs a blessed rosary and lend them her support. “These young SEALs are in this situation because they caught the mastermind behind the death of my son, and not only my son and his co-workers but also the marines who went into Fallujah after their death,” said Donna Zovko. “I am very proud of these young SEALs and thankful to them. They did not do anything wrong.”

May I ramble a bit? Think out loud, so to speak? I’m trying to make some sense of this. What title can I give to the mentality of a people that send their best to defend the whole and then betray them?

To what shall I attribute the attitude of a people that habitually prosecute their heroes while defending their enemies? What creates a culture that allows people to vilify and isolate their most noble and deify their most corrupt?

I perceive more symptoms of a sickness, a corruption of the nation’s heart and soul. I am tempted to label it ‘liberalism’ or ‘progressivism’, but those too are just symptoms of the infection. But this is nothing new, I recognized these symptoms four decades ago in the shameful treatment of our warriors returning from Vietnam, in the acceptance of Marines bombed in Beirut, in the ho-hum yawn of media coverage of Mogadishu (Black Hawk Down), in the return to mental numbness after 9/11, prosecution of the Marines of Hadith, assault of recruiters across the country, anti-war protesters at the gates of Walter Reed Army Hospital…….

This sickness, this infection has gone untreated for far too long. Americans are a tolerant bunch. We’ve patiently waited for the ingrates among us to grow up and develop a sense of pride and awe in the greatness of America. It’s not happening.

I’m tired of waiting. I’m fresh out of tolerance. There comes a time when the treatment for an infection cannot be postponed any longer, lest the patient die. Through history how many nations have habitually betrayed their defenders and survived?

Donna and I left our home at 4:00am, Monday morning and drove to Norfolk …. We were in the company of four other patriots from the Raleigh area: Don Gray of Military Appreciation Day and NC Gathering of Eagles.

Patrick Holbrook, NC Gathering of Eagles.

Russell Pope, NCFreedom.us

and Randy Dye, Randy’s Right Blog and NCFreedom.us

We joined a hundred or more others at Gate 5 of the Norfolk Naval Base to demonstrate support for Navy SEAL Mathew McCabe.

Here are my photos.