: As you read this, think deeply about what is becoming ever-increasingly evident of the inner workings of the many General Courts-Martials being conducted against our troops, such as the Marines of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment (K/3/5 – the “Pendleton 8″ – Hamdaniya), and, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment (Haditha). Also, the Army Courts-Martials of SSgt Raymond Girouard, Pfc Corey Clagett, Sgt Evan Vela and a host of others.

In each of these cases – totally more than 24 individuals – it would boggle the minds of Americans who have no knowledge of what has (and IS) transpiring here. “Pentagon Influence” is, without question, in play. Even more sorry is the lack of the Main Stream Media in looking into the wrong doings going on by the military proecutors (JAG), the Army’s Criminal Investigation Command (CID) and the Navy/Marine Corps’ Naval Criminal Investigation Service (NCIS)

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Friday ruled out including Adm. William Fallon as a witness before Congress when the top U.S. military and diplomatic officials in Baghdad testify next month on the way ahead in Iraq.

Fallon’s abrupt announcement March 11 that he was resigning, effective March 31, as chief of U.S. Central Command overseeing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan triggered accusations by Democrats in Congress that he was being forced out for publicly opposing launching a war against Iran.

In declaring that Fallon would not join Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker as witnesses before Congress next month, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said the decision had nothing to do with Fallon’s views on Iran or the reasons for his unexpected resignation and retirement.

“I know there have been requests, in fact, from members of Congress to have Adm. Fallon testify with General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker, and I can tell you that Admiral Fallon will not be testifying” with them, Morrell told a Pentagon press conference.

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[As a combat Marine in Vietnam, I could have surely put this beauty to work in the "bush". And grenades too!!]

By Susanne M. Schafer – The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Jan 31, 2008 19:01:17 EST
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A state lawmaker wants to give members of the armed forces younger than 21 the right to buy alcohol even though it’s in stark contrast to the military’s efforts to diminish underage drinking and related accidents.

“I really don’t think it should create a problem for the military. It might even enhance their morale,” Rep. Fletcher Smith said Wednesday.

State law prohibits the sale or possession of alcohol by anyone under 21. In 1984, South Carolina raised the drinking age to 21 from 18 to comply with federal law.

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[Blog note: What follows can actually be traced back to World War II, and the day before the D-Day landing. I've often heard my two Uncles (one served in the Pacific as a Marine Aviator and the other with the Army as a tanker under George Patton) talk about this at family reunions]

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