More Military Lies and Cover-ups

[AbsoluteArmorer]

This totally disgusts me! Ho often is our US military command going to lie and cover-up the truth in what's going on in Iraq? It's bad enough that those Iraqis that we take in and train to fight with our troops then turns around and kills us. Then our military lies to those troop's parents about it? Where is the accountability in our darn MILITARY also!!?


Friendly Fire Ambush

By MARJORIE COHN

Sergeant Patrick R. McCaffrey, Sr. and First Lieutenant Andre D. Tyson died on this day two years ago in Balad, Iraq. Back then, military officials reported that enemy insurgents ambushed them. The Army subsequently conducted an investigation and learned the men were targeted and killed by Iraqi troops they were training.

Although the Army completed its investigation on September 30, 2005, it failed to clarify the initial notification to the families for nine months. It took a May 22 letter from Senator Barbara Boxer's office to force the Army to finally come clean.

A month before he died, Patrick told his father that Iraqi forces they were training had attacked his unit. When he filed a complaint with his chain of command, Patrick "was told to keep his mouth shut," his mother said.

http://www.counterpunch.org/cohn06222006.html

[unhappycamper]

1. Duty. Honor. Country.

What is happening at all levels of military leadership is disgusting and shameful. We have lost our way.

[Major Hogwash]

2. We've lost this war already.

And our Army is in shambles.

I read a piece in the NY Times yesterday that the military is even taking racists from known hate groups now in order to fill the ranks.

Insanity. That's just pure insanity.

[unhappycamper]

3. These bastards are scrapping the bottom of the barrel for cannon fodder.

They're doing everything they can to avoid a draft.

[AbsoluteArmorer]

4. I'm finding VERY little honor

left in today's military command!!! :wtf:

I thought Vietnam was going to be the war to end all lie wars? It's become much worse!!! :wtf:

[AbsoluteArmorer]

5. current rape case - woman was really a girl 14 years old

I agree MHogwash, our military has sank to new lows. They are in this groove of growing denials and cover-up lies which tarnishes those good people who serve in a uniform.


http://www.kdhnews.com/docs/daily/headlines.aspx?ad=0&sid=11342

The affidavit estimated the rape victim was about 25. But a doctor at the Mahmoudiya hospital gave her age as 14. He refused to be identified for fear of reprisals.