Here we go again

Ex-Marine to Face Trial as a Civilian in Killing of Iraqi Prisoners
It will mark the first time that a little-known federal law is used to prosecute a former service member for actions taken during
combat.
August 18, 2008
LA Times
Tony Perry

Here is the first use of MEJA and not to prosecute a contractor in a war zone, but a former military member. It will be interesting to see whether a civilian jury will be more sympathetic or less so than a military jury. Of note, the defendant was a probationary police officer in Riverside when federal charges were levied against him. He was immediately fired - so what happened to innocent until proven guilty?

SAN DIEGO -- When the trial of a former Marine begins Tuesday in federal court in Riverside, it will mark the first time a little-known federal law has been used to prosecute a former Marine or soldier for actions during combat.

A jury of civilians will decide the fate of former Marine Sgt. Jose Nazario, 28, who is accused in the killing of four Iraqi prisoners.

The law wasn't originally crafted to target military personnel. Passed by Congress in 2000, the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act was designed to allow the prosecution of civilians employed by the Department of Defense for crimes committed while overseas on official business.

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War Profits!!!

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=823818699



War has always been the most profitable business threw out history. Modern war fare is no diffrent and it will never change the best minds the best bodys and the best ideas will always be used in the war seen.
I was known in my unit as the Mormon Mercenary, love that name always have and i am proud of it. There is nothing wrong with being a Mercenary when in the right way.

The constatutions foriegn polacy has always been the United States as a nation is to remain neutral until attacked. With all of the things in the modern world and the idea that a free man is never free while another is opressed. I have had a hard time of how we follow the constatutions forign polacy
As you read on i think here is how. we are to have free trade with everyone. I think we can effect foreign nations the most threw monatary and are private business sectors. If private business can fund Mercenaries to go into and protect there intrests in foriegn nations. Governement stays out and i beilieve the idea of democracy being spred has a better chance of working and if it back fires its not a nation that is hated.
What do you think ?

Now my ?

What does God want us to do?
This is driveing me nuts. The current going ons in Georgia and the hole happenings of China and with the recent pass port denial of Darfur suporter. And the bringing up of Sudan war lord killer ass hole ^$%#%$# fleeing to china to avoid his nous from the war court.
I got to ask what does God realy want from us. Are we to spend are time fighting and suporting these far off nations and trying to fix there problems. I recently said on the for the people chat that i hope Blackwater gets a contract to go to Georgia because i will except it. but is that the place for me. Would not God be more happy if i had gone down to Ogden and fixed the Ladys sprinkler. Or maybe even not have watched that dirty bad movie the other night.
I have a great love for Georgia and that area of the world
The day we started bombing Afgahnistain i was playing pool in a refugee camp with a 7 year old girl )from Afgahnistain ( she had the darkest eyes you would lose yourself in because the contained more sadness that an adult who had lived 9 lives would not have) The Kurdish boys who were refugees as well from Iraq were making fun of her and telling me i should be mad at her because of were she was from ' she was the ones who bombed my country " little did they know were i would be 2 years later. On the same note 1 year prior to that i had met my best friend from Kurdistan and thought to myself as i looked over the personal pictures of his intir villiage being gased by chemical ali. That i could take my fire team in and take out this kind of crap one fire team why do we not do it?
But as i think about this on what do we do? I ask is any of this more important then me takeing time to play with my boy? Am i not sinning a greater sin by denying him time with me why i look up info on these happenings and bitch about the no responce on my blogg
What should i do? My time away from my family while fighting a war to free opressed people is that realy the best thing that i should be doing or should i be teaching my son how to become a good man by example by takeing care of the people around us? I think the scripturs teach that that is by far a fare more important priority!!!!
What are your thoughts i would love to hear more?

What does God Realy want from you?

President Bush has realy been scrutiniced for his interview with Bob Costas and his going to church in China.
I have realy been thinking alot about how to ask this question and get this post going and i think this is a perfect way into it.
I do not like alot of the things the Bush admin. has done but the more and more i reserch it i put the blam there at the admin. I respect President Bush alot himself and i think he was dead on in China he has done perfect in his keeping it about the sport and the spirit of what we have in common and not are diffrences and that is what the Olympics are for.
But he has not missed out on chances to talk with Puttin. Or visit and see the China people
If you watch the hole video on the nbc website and see the hole interview. I have not been able to get a hole interview link just blurps that make a stupid sentence the focal point. President Bush talks about how we are there to respect THE PEOPLE OF CHINA THE PEOPLE!!! I think if you listin its a slap in the face of the Government and ruleing athority in China. He never once talks about respecting them or there regims in fact the exact opisit but he does talk about respecting the people and getting out among the people and how the people and churchs and outside influance is in the people and there is wear the true revolution and freedom will come from as the people find it in themselves and then fight for it THEMSELVES this is why respecting and suporting the Chinies PEOPLE is so important!

7 Years after defeting the Taliban the war rages on

I hate most of the things John Stewert says and does most of the time but he had a Lady who has been in the news a bit but she got it spot on right here

The real reason to drill or not to drill

BEIJING, Aug 10 (Reuters) - The White House on Sunday deplored Russia's actions in the Georgia conflict as "dangerous and disproportionate."

"We're alarmed by this situation," James Jeffrey, U.S. President George W. Bush's deputy national security adviser, told reporters in Beijing where the president was attending the Olympics.

Jeffrey said the United States would be "very, very concerned" if reports of Russian ground attacks in Georgia were accurate. (Editing by Keith Weir)


This is what we are saying about The Georgian Russian conflict. Let me open peoples eyes
Hell yes the reports of what the Russians are doing are true!!!!!!!!!!! My hell we are fighting in Afgahnistain seeing are mistakes that from leaving them hanging after they YES THEY!!!!!!!!!!!!! saved are ass from the Soviets in the 80's my hell we made a movie about it last year! Charlie Willsons war it was a good movie watch it watch it repedidly watch the part with the Afgahan refugee camps and what the Russians were doing in Afgahnistain watch what happend to the people
The fact is are people dont know how to win a war the people can not stomach what it takes to win the Russians know how. And they are using the same tactics in Georgia now and it is for the same thing. When Russia lost the areas of Afgahnistain Georgia and the Bulkin area they lose there path way to middle east oil. Why the people of the United States bitch and mon that we are fighting a war over oil they keep there eyes closed to the other more intense war for oil.
Russia, China, and India all need Middle East oil Russia is makeing the first move. We sit on much larger reserves Utah its self has more then Saddie Arabia. But the fact is Russia knows if it does not break the backs and get to it threw starving poor people there people will be starving poor people?
Now that your eyes have been opened to a bigger picture. I ask what do we do? because there are more things to the story.

A thinker

I got this and as a total work aholic i can not get it off my mind how true it is why do we give are best to those who do not care and are worst to those who care the most?


F A M I L Y

I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
'Oh excuse me please' was my reply.

He said, 'Please excuse me too;
I wasn't watching for you.'

We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we said goodbye.

But at home a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.

Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son stood beside me very still.

When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
'Move out of the way,' I said with a frown.

He walked away, his little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.

While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,

'While dealing with a stranger,
common courtesy you use,
but the family you love, you seem to abuse.

Go and look on the kitchen floor,
You'll find some flowers there by the door.

Those are the flowers he brought for you.
He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.

He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes.'

By this time, I felt very small,
And now my tears began to fall.

I quietly went and knelt by his bed;
'Wake up, little one, wake up,' I said.

'Are these the flowers you picked for me?'
He smiled, 'I found 'em, out by the tree.

I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.
I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue.'

I said, 'Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today;
I shouldn't have yelled at you that way.'
He said, 'Oh, Mom, that's okay.
I love you anyway.'

I said, 'Son, I love you too,
and I do like the flowers, especially the blue.'

FAMILY
Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company
that we are working for could easily replace us in
a matter of days.
But the family we left behind will feel the loss
for the rest of their lives...

And come to think of it, we pou r ourselves more
into work than into our own family,
an unwise investment indeed,
don't you think?
So what is behind the story?

Loss of a great one

We lost another great WWII vet today

The Great escape look it up read about the amazing things these men did
because if we dont learn about it now while they are here to tell there storys i promice. They will never be told corectly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_Luft_III

http://www.google.com/search?q=Roger+Bushell&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

rest in peace Sir. you were an insperation to all who have ever warn the uniform

Another Marine Death

Hello I just placed an order and feel it is right of me to inform you of the recent loss of my son, LCpl Wilson, Ivan I . He was KIA in Helmand Province, Afghanistan on July 21, 2008... all so fresh in my mind, from the 5 am knock on the door to now as I simply write this. I ordered some items and wanted to share with you this. I am attaching a pic of him just sent to me from his Marine buddies from the sand!

Thanks again,
Denise Wilson A Very Proud Marine Mom



God Bless you Mrs. Wilson and the rest of your family! The harts and prayers of every Marine goes out to you. Rest asured that your son was welcomed at the gate by his fellow Marines that stand as sentenals. You and yours will continue to be watched over by the best.

Interesting Graduation UHHRaHHH!!!!!!!!!!

I would like to tell you about my son who became a Marine this year. It has been his dream since he was very young to be a Marine. Last summer he found out he could become a Marine before he actually graduated high school. He had a enough credits to finish school in December. On January 8, he left for MCRD. He was home in time for his High school graduation. He wanted to graduate in his Marine uniform but the principal told him he had to wear his cap and gown.

This upset him very much because he was so proud to be a Marine. I told him to wear his uniform under the cap and gown and before he received his diploma he should take off the cap and gown. He did just that. I was so PROUD of him. You should have heard the applause he got for that. It was a most awesome day for me. My son had already achieved a couple of his dreams by the time he graduated from high school.

Semper Fi
Dorothy Hampton
Proud mother of a Marine

Naval Smack down

Has anyone heard about this?

USS George Washington Investigation Complete, Senior Leadership Relieved
Story Number: NNS080730-13
Release Date: 7/30/2008 4:58:00 PM

From Commander Naval Air Forces Public Affairs

NAVAL STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. (NNS) -- Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Adm. Robert F. Willard, issued a final endorsement to the investigation of a fire that occurred aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) on May 22. As directed by Adm. Willard, Commander, Naval Air Forces Pacific, Vice Adm. Thomas J. Kilcline, Jr., relieved the Commanding Officer of USS George Washington (CVN 73), Capt. David C. Dykhoff, today due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command and his failure to meet mission requirements and readiness standards.

As directed, Kilcline also relieved the George Washington Executive Officer, Capt. David M. Dober, for substandard performance.

Capt. J.R. Haley, previously assigned as Deputy Chief of Staff to Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, has taken command of Washington. Haley commanded the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) from June 2005 to January 2008.

Capt. Karl O. Thomas, who has been serving as executive officer of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) since July 2007, has been reassigned as George Washington's executive officer.

The Chief of Naval Operations directed the Manual of Judge Advocate General investigation headed by the Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet. The investigation determined that the likely cause of the fire was unauthorized smoking that ignited flammable liquids and other combustible material improperly stored in an adjacent space. The fire and the subsequent magnitude of the fire were the result of a series of human acts that could have been prevented. Specifically, the storage of 90 gallons of refrigerant compressor oil in an unauthorized space contributed to the intensity of the fire.

The fire, which occurred in an unmanned Auxiliary Boiler Exhaust and Supply space, took approximately 12 hours to extinguish due to the location and geometry of adjacent spaces and ventilation systems that created a chimney effect. Thirty-seven Sailors were treated for minor injuries incurred during fire fighting efforts, with one Sailor requiring treatment for first and second degree burns. Approximately 80 out of over 3,800 total spaces aboard the carrier were damaged by the fire.

The estimated cost of repairs to George Washington as a direct result of the shipboard fire is approximately $70 million. This includes cost for material and labor cost from the public and private sector ship repair activities.

Repairs to George Washington are nearly complete and she will depart San Diego, Calif., on Aug. 21, with an arrival in Yokosuka, Japan expected in late September. George Washington's turnover with the U.S. Navy's last conventionally-powered aircraft carrier, USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), will begin upon Kitty Hawk's arrival in San Diego on Aug. 7.