It took a common sense, gutsy blogger, Jason Mattera from the Young America's Foundation, to ask congressman Murtha about what he said about the Marines in the Haditha case. See the tape.JASON MATTERA: Congressman Murtha? Jason Mattera, Young America's Foundation. Now that the murder charges against Lance Corporal Justin Sharratt and Steven Tatum have been dropped in the Haditha incident or are in the process of being dropped, would you like to issue an apology for saying that they "killed innocent civilians in cold blood"?
MURTHA: The trial is still going on.
JASON MATTERA: Justin Sharratt and Steven Tatum, the two men you accused of murdering innocent civilians in cold blood --
MURTHA: The trial is still going on.
JASON MATTERA: No. No, the charges are in the process of being dismissed.
MURTHA: I don't know what's going on.
JASON MATTERA: They're in the process is being dismissed.
MURTHA: Out! Out!
JASON MATTERA: Do you like besmirching our troops, sir? Do you like besmirching our troops, sir?
MURTHA: You been in the service? I enlisted in Korea, and I enlisted in Vietnam.
JASON MATTERA: Sir, you accused them of murdering innocent civilians in cold blood. That's something that would come from al-Jazeera, not a congressman, sir.
Now, there are many people who automatically declard those Marines guilty of purposely murdering inocent civilians in "cold blood" even before a trial could begin! It's an irresponsible act, just like Murtha, to declare them "guilty" by not giving these Marines their due process in court they so richly deserved.
There are at least two Deaf/deaf/hh bloggers/commenters that I know of who made references to Haditha, meaning those Marines, in a context could be seen that they were guilty..guilty...guilty of murder by just the mere mentioning of the word "Haditha." A context could be seen as one thing and that Haditha was to be used as an example of how Marines go about purposely murdering innocent civilians.
Doing so does not leave much room for any shred of doubt given to those Marines. Which can only mean one thing, those people never really believed in due process or that they are innocent until proven guilty in the first place. Otherwise they wouldn't use "Haditha" in such a context exemplifying the notion that those Marines were guilty of murder just like Murtha who believed that they are guilty until proven innocent. A dangerous concept amongst some liberals who embrace that kind of thinking which belong but to a backward world.
People who toss the word "Haditha" around in such a way by making a general reference about U.S. soldiers who purposely murder innocent civilian in "cold blood" in reminence, context-wise, of the My Lai massacre that took place in during the Vietnam war. Not good idea at this point to even suggest that. Even in the My Lai case those U.S. soldiers still deserved due process and that they were innocent until proven guilty. This Haditha case is certainly no My Lai.
What they, and Murtha, should have done is support the troops by saying that those in the Haditha case have every right to a due process and that they are to be seen as innocent until proven guilty, and not the other way around. Those two Deaf/deaf/hh bloggers/commenters are in good company with Murtha's mentality who do not really support the troops by besmirching those Marines by whispering the word "Haditha!" as if they're making a point. They are. Just that it makes them seem not very supportive of U.S. troops in the first place.
Do you like besmirching the troops, too? You know who you are.
Now, I am not going to mention names right now unless they can provide a satisfactory (unlikely at this point) explanation on why they mentioned "Haditha" in such a way it could only mean one thing. Those Marines were guilty of murder and yet, at the same time from what I can tell, never gave any thoughts about due process that all red-blooded Americans deserve to have in a U.S. or military court system.
It ain't over and charges of murder continue to drop.
Semper Fi!
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