Fw: MILINET: Congressman Duncan Hunter on the Pissing Incident

["Don Greenlaw" <dgreenlaw@cox.net>]

Forwarded. This is what we need more of,
folks like Congressman Hunter and Congressman
Al West. Both "have been there and done that".

Semper fi,
Don Greenlaw
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From: Ed Wilbur
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 6:37 PM
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 Subject: Fwd: MILINET: Congressman Duncan Hunter on the Pissing Incident










 The letter below is sent to a Vietnam Marine buddy of mine who is a 
retired San Diego County Deputy Sherriff and it is written by a gentleman 
from Southern California who has his head firmly placed on his shoulders. 
He appears to not be suffering from a cranial-rectal inversion that so many 
of our congress critters seem to be afflicted with.

 Attached is also the letter that the good man wrote to the Secy of 
Defense.




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               January 20, 2012
               Mr. Guy Everest, Jr.
               Dear Guy:
                Thank you for contacting me with your thoughts on the video 
posting of Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.  It is 
good to hear from you and I welcome the opportunity to respond to you on 
this matter.
               I appreciate your support regarding a recent letter that I 
sent to the Secretary of Defense concerning the overly political sensitive 
comments from military and public officials stating that every effort will 
be made to punish these Marines to the fullest extent possible.  As I stated 
in my letter, the actions of these Marines were wrong, however given the 
events and circumstances surrounding them, we must be extremely prudent as 
we determine the appropriate course of action in disciplining these Marines. 
I've attached the letter for your review.
               As a Marine combat veteran of both the wars in Iraq and 
Afghanistan I have witnessed firsthand the sacrifices our Marines have made. 
Unless you have stood in their shoes and experienced the brutality and 
horror of war and combat, one will never fully understand what these young 
Marines were thinking and why they did what they did.  In determining a 
punishment, I firmly believe that these circumstances must be taken into 
account.  At the end of the day, the worst outcome for the Taliban fighters 
had already occurred at the hands of these Marines, they were killed.  Rest 
assured as this situation continues to develop I will keep your thoughts 
firmly in mind.
               Again, thank you for contacting me.  If you have any further 
questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me.
                                                                            
      Sincerely,

                                                                            
      Duncan Hunter
                                                                            
      Member of Congress


               Please visit my website at hunter.house.gov to sign up for 
my e-newsletter and receive electronic updates.




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> Subject: Fwd: MILINET: Congressman Duncan Hunter on the Pissing Incident
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> The letter below is sent to a Vietnam Marine buddy of mine who is a 
> retired San Diego County Deputy Sherriff and it is written by a gentleman 
> from Southern California who has his head firmly placed on his shoulders. 
> He appears to not be suffering from a cranial-rectal inversion that so 
> many of our congress critters seem to be afflicted with.
>
> Attached is also the letter that the good man wrote to the Secy of 
> Defense.
>
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> January 20, 2012
> Mr. Guy Everest, Jr.
> Dear Guy:
>  Thank you for contacting me with your thoughts on the video posting of 
> Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.  It is good to 
> hear from you and I welcome the opportunity to respond to you on this 
> matter.
> I appreciate your support regarding a recent letter that I sent to the 
> Secretary of Defense concerning the overly political sensitive comments 
> from military and public officials stating that every effort will be made 
> to punish these Marines to the fullest extent possible.  As I stated in my 
> letter, the actions of these                Marines were wrong, however 
> given the events and circumstances surrounding them, we must be extremely 
> prudent as we determine the appropriate course of action in disciplining 
> these Marines.  I've attached the letter for your review.
> As a Marine combat veteran of both the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan I have 
> witnessed firsthand the sacrifices our Marines have made.  Unless you have 
> stood in their shoes and experienced the brutality and horror of war and 
> combat, one will never fully understand what these young Marines were 
> thinking and why they did what they did.  In determining a punishment, I 
> firmly believe that these circumstances must be taken into account.  At 
> the end of the day, the worst outcome for the Taliban fighters had already 
> occurred at the hands of these Marines, they were killed.  Rest assured as 
> this situation continues to develop I will keep your thoughts firmly in 
> mind.
> Again, thank you for contacting me.  If you have any further questions or 
> concerns please do not hesitate to contact me.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>                                                                    Duncan 
> Hunter
>                                                                    Member 
> of Congress
>
> Please visit my website at hunter.house.gov to sign up for my e-newsletter 
> and receive electronic updates.

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