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
----- Original Message -----
From: Ed Wilbur
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 6:37 PM
Subject: Fwd: MILINET: Congressman Duncan Hunter on the Pissing Incident
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
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.
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.