It was not so long ago that Americans and the rest of the world marveled at the ability of the U.S. Navy SEALs to take out the pirates holding a merchant ship captain captive on a life boat off the coast of Africa.
To prevent the pirates from killing the captain, the SEALs had to shoot them as they sat on a small boat swaying in the sea. The SEALs took this amazing action from the deck of a nearby Navy ship, which was also swaying in the sea – no small feat indeed.
Yet, the U.S. Navy has now placed on trial three Navy SEALs who captured a well-known, brutal and murderous terrorist in Iraq. Instead of a medal for capturing him, the Navy has accused the SEALs of abuse. You see, the poor, misunderstood terrorist claims he was struck by the SEALs.
I just read an interesting piece [1] in the WashingtonTimes by Jeffrey T. Kuhner on this incident. Kuhner writes that the military is so afraid of another prisoner abuse incident and has become so politically correct under the Obama Administration, that they found no issue with an Army Major e-mailing a known terrorist recruiter and agitator (both are Muslim), but they want to court martial the SEALs for giving a terrorist a fat lip.
I agree with Kuhner’s assessment – even if one of the SEALs did punch him, big deal.
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