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© Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Trump considers pardons for soldiers accused of war crimes
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and HOPE YEN WASHINGTON©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Chip Star
Instead of listening to people with zero military experience, listen to the veterans, Donny. I know it'll be hard, but just for once, do the right thing.
Toasted Heretic
Amazing. And don't forget, he's arming the nation behind 9/11.
I imagine he'll pardon the terrorists as well.
plasticmonkey
Military service is based on following rules and orders. Summarily executing captives goes against US military code. So does urinating on corpses. Proper soldiers don’t do these things, even under stress. These men were not unfairly treated, as Trump claims. They were tried in a US military court. Pardoning convicted servicemen sends the message that rules are meant to be broken. It weakens command and weakens the overall integrity of a fighting force.
Polling shows most vets are against doing this, especially on Memorial Day.
PTownsend
Absolutely disgusting to even consider pardoning war criminals. Which sub-sub-subset of Trump's base is Cadet Bonespurs pandering to. Blackwater and other mercenaries?
theFu
Let the process handle them. Either it works or it doesn't. If it doesn't, fix it.
plasticmonkey
So he'll pardon them if they're found guilty. And if they're not guilty they won't need a pardon. Sounds very Trumpian.
Well, remember who the head of Blackwater was: Erik Prince, who's eagerly trying to sell his mercenary services to various governments.
https://theintercept.com/2019/05/03/erik-prince-trump-uae-project-veritas/
Also, he happens to be the brother of Betsy De Vos.
SuperLib
So he's considering pardoning war criminals and mocks our POWs for getting captured.
Trump fans love that.
bass4funk
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41860828
I will say this, even though Obama didn’t directly pardon him, still it was Obama’s discretion if he felt he should take any action, I may not like it, but that’s his choice and the same goes for Trump. He will hear the final verdicts and then make his decision, I think that’s more than fair, the President has the power to park anyone he wants.
bass4funk
How did you feel about Bergdahl and Obama doing that swap?
What?
bass4funk
Trump did say, he’ll allow the military tribunals play out, see what the verdict is and then make a decision. Don’t think that’s unreasonable.