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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: txradioguy on March 30, 2013, 03:55:37 AM
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(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01517/fortHoodScene_1517635c.jpg)
Legislation that would award the injured from the 2009 Fort Hood shooting the Purple Heart would adversely affect the trial of Maj. Nidal Hasan by labeling the attack terrorism, according to a Defense Department document obtained by Fox News.
The document comes following calls from survivors and their families for the military honor, because they say Fort Hood was turned into a battlefield when Hasan opened fire during the November 2009 attack. Fox News is told that the DOD “position paper†is being circulated specifically in response to the proposed legislation.
The document reads in part:
"Passage of this legislation could directly and indirectly influence potential court-martial panel members, witnesses, or the chain of command, all of whom exercise a critical role under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). Defense counsel will argue that Major Hasan cannot receive a fair trial because a branch of government has indirectly declared that Major Hasan is a terrorist -- that he is criminally culpable."
A source with knowledge of the position paper told Fox News that DOD is putting on a full-court press by sending senior officials, including generals, to meet with lawmakers in an effort to block support.
But Neal Sher, counsel for the Fort Hood families involved in a federal lawsuit against the department, told Fox News that the document -- an "official Army response" to the request for Purple Heart status -- is "an utter outrage" and that it was not surprising given it comes from the same department which labeled the attack "workplace violence."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/30/defense-department-says-giving-purple-heart-to-fort-hood-survivors-would-hurt/
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"workplace violence."
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Ridiculous. Soldiers, wounded and killed, by an enemy combatant just as sure as if they were humping sand.
Defense Department. :mad: :bird:
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So tell me, Hagel, why is it taking DOD such an incredibly long time to put Hasan, that ****ing terrorist, on trial via general court martial?
Once that terrorist goes through the process and he's found guilty, as there's not a shred of doubt that the shitstick is guilty, then put on death row for the inevitable appeals and other horseshit, what then, Hagel?
What other kinds of bullshit are you going to find to block the PH to the defenseless victims of that terrorist attack on a U.S. military post?
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I hate this regime. :censored:
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So tell me, Hagel, why is it taking DOD such an incredibly long time to put Hasan, that ****ing terrorist, on trial via general court martial?
Obummer does not want to offend his Muslim brothers. After all, he is a raghead sympathizer.
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So tell me, Hagel, why is it taking DOD such an incredibly long time to put Hasan, that ****ing terrorist, on trial via general court martial?
Three f*cking years now. Unbelievable.
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In a perfect world, this guy would have been worm food years ago.
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Yeah it was just workplace violence/sarcasm
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I hate this regime. :censored:
^^^This
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It figures no respect for those who wear the uniform