COL DAVID HUNT - “TIME TO BRING THEM HOME”
Friends,
I heard something about a troop in the war zone shooting at a copy of the Koran but didn’t hear anything more about it until I received a piece written by COL David Hunt, a Fox News contributor.
God help us, can the US government action described in this report be true? I have no reason to question the integrity of COL Hunt but his report is so astonishing, bizarre, unbelievable, and heart breaking that it borders on insanity.
Here’s a selected sample of COL Hunt’s article:
“I never thought I would write such words, ever. But then again, I never thought I would ever hear the president of the United States apologize for the actions of one soldier. I never imagined, even as bad as the military leadership has been in this war (and it has been awful), that a two-star general in the United States Army would utter the words, “I come before you seeking your forgiveness … I look in your eyes today and say please forgive me and my solders.”
The presidential and general officer apologies, and the pictures of a U.S. Army Officer kissing the Koran and handing it to an Iraqi, should tell us that this war is over. These defeatist words were a completely wrong headed reaction to the criminal activities of an ignorant, ill disciplined soldier who shot at a Koran and wrote graffiti on its pages.
For a general officer in today’s military to make such a statement, as Major General Hammond did last week, he would first have to clear it with his three-star boss, who would have to clear it with his four-star boss who would have to clear it with his secretary of defense boss. And, after hearing the president utter the words of apology, it is clear that this one general’s remarks were cleared all the way to the White House.”
What COL Hunt has to say jarred what little confidence I have left in the U.S. military and civilian leadership. Read COL Hunts story in it’s entirety but I would urge you to sit down, make sure you have taken you BP medicine, have a bottle or two of Gaviscon handy, and get your loved ones out of the room before reading.
If the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision wasn’t enough, now we have a US Army Officer kissing the Koran…I’m at a loss and raging angry beyond description…please read COL Hunts piece and come to your own conclusions.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,364162,00.html
Harry Riley, COL, USA, Ret