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jay75009 wrote:
do you really? do you really understand the emotion? have you served? have you watched terrorists and islamic extremists kill your friends? have you held someone you grew up with in your arms as they died because of a man like him?
if not you understand nothing. everyone asks me why i carry. people like HIM are the reason, not because its my right, not because i have a cause. but because there are people who want to kill every american there is in a absolutely un-just, and insane jihad war.
you have the right to believe the criminal system should take care of him. lock him up. interrogate him. give him a lawyer. a fair trial. the chance to be heard and attempt to justify his actions. that is your right.
my right as a soldier , and someone who has sworn to defend this country and die for the people in it........is to openly admit as any other soldier would......that man should have died that day, he doesnt deserve to be heard, seen or thought of again.
you can call me wrong for saying if i could i would remove him from this planet. that is your right. but my right is to believe that he deserves exactly that. and not a stitch more.
You misdirect the intent of my posting.
It does not challenge your emotion, the righteousness of defense of one's country nor the pain of losing someone dear to you, particularly in combat. Yes, jihad is arguably the greatest evil we as free people have ever encountered.
Nevertheless, we are a nation of laws and morals. You have the privilege of volunteering and I thank you for exercising that. You have a duty to obey our laws as well as the orders of your superiors, including the rules of engagement.
In many ways, I would have preferred that Hasan had not survived, but he has and might have information about others - speculation perhaps, but such could save other lives. I doubt that he shall receive a free pass.
To suggest that you would go outside our laws and morals to gladly deal with him in such a fashion is not worthy of you. It is emotion not tempered with wisdom.
To put things in perspective, I would be one of those you would have to go through to get to him in such a manner. I have been there before - it was my job, my obligation. Additionally, it is a violation of the very precepts of OCDO - that we post and conduct ourselves legally, with responsibility and to be aware that it is a public forum, scrutinized by many.
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