Last Haditha Marine Takes a Plea Deal

No jokes now, folks.  It’s zero flak time, and this is definitely not funny.

The last marine to fall under the politically-driven witch hunt that was Haditha, SSgt Wuterich, has taken a plea agreement.  According to the report, it was his decision to do so.  I can’t help but to think otherwise.  Six years of chasing Haditha marines and it’s likely the government wasn’t going to just walk away with all aquittals.

My best wishes to Wuterich and all the other marines who didn’t deserve this.

News link credit:  Michelle Malkin’s blog

Last Haditha Marine Goes To Trial

No jokes now, folks.  It’s zero flak time.

The last of the Haditha marines, SSgt Frank D. Wuterich is being tried.  The others were exonerated in this politically motivated miscarriage of justice about Marines supposedly killing civilians in cold blood and I hope he makes it through this with all charges dropped.  Michelle Malkin is keeping tabs on the trial and it’s long overdue for it to end in the Sergeant’s favor.

One Dictator Dead. Another Rises

No jokes now, folks. It’s zero flak time.

Kim-Jong Il has died.  Unfortunately, the bad news for North Korea has not ended because he was succeeded by his son, Kim-Jong Eun.  So now, on top of living in a hell on Earth, North Koreans can experience some instability while the new order tries to sort itself out with China.

Plus, the son may be even worse than his father.

Just as with Il’s father, North Koreans are grieving again.  You can see video of it at the Hot Air link above.  It’s either a lot terrified of the repercussions for failing to comply with an order to grieve or a demonstration of so thorough a brainwashing it should be considered cult indoctrination.  It is not pretty either way.

News link credit:  Hot Air.

Massive Trouble Due to Yet Another Democrat-McCain Bill

No jokes now, folks.  It’s zero flak time.

McCain is at it again with yet another Democrat, and he’s really done it this time.  He’s co-sponsored a bill with Senator Levin that, among other things, allows the military to indefinitely detain terrorists, including US citizens on US soil.  While it may be that McCain has become yet another soon-to-be expended idiot of a Democrat and bought that this bill is justifiable and necessary, in the hands of Obama its a nightmare waiting to happen.

The TSA started as something well intentioned too.  Compared to this, they are a triviality.

This is indefinite detention without due process by the military allowable on American citizens.  The potential for abuse is very real.  Remember Holder and all the ‘well I don’t care and no one will stop me’ things done by Obama to date?  With this, the potential exists that ‘terrorist’ can replace the race card with Obama and have teeth.  I remind everyone of Fast and Furious and what it was intended to do (create a justification for more gun control) if you don’t think that can happen here under Obama.

Kill enemy combatants.  Leave Americans due process, however irritating it may be when given to the truly vile.  This much leeway can be abused, and McCain has blown it big before (Feingold-McCain, Kennedy-McCain, Whichever Other Democrat Feels Like Rolling Him-McCain).  This will be no different except in the size of the screw-up.

Addendum:  Want another example of McCain’s genius?  How about the whole Muslim Brotherhood can’t win in Egypt predictionThey just nearly swept the election into power.  Elder statesman in his own mind.

News link credit:  The American Spectator Blog, Hot Air.