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Subject More proof the military does not support Trump as commandos voice their disgust at Trump pardoning war criminals

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/retired-special-operators-critical-of-trumps-reported-memorial-day-pardons-180144573.html

President Donald Trump’s reported plan to pardon a series of accused and convicted war criminals on Memorial Day is not popular with retired special operations leaders attending a conference here.

“It’s not going to have a good effect on the force,” said a retired senior special operations officer. “People might see it as supporting the troops. It’s not supporting the troops. This will not go well.”

The New York Times reported May 18 that the White House was expediting the paperwork required to pardon individuals involved in a series of high-profile war crimes. Those mentioned include: Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward Gallagher, a Navy SEAL charged with shooting civilians and killing a prisoner; Maj. Mathew Golsteyn, a Special Forces officer accused of murdering an unarmed prisoner; and Nicholas Slatten, a former sergeant in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division who was convicted of murder for his part in the killing of 14 Iraqis in Baghdad’s Nisour Square in 2007 while working as a security contractor for Blackwater.

Earlier this month, however, Trump pardoned Michael Behenna, who served five years in prison after being convicted of murdering a prisoner as a lieutenant in the Army’s 101st Airborne Division. That single pardon drew sharp public criticism from some former military personnel.

Now special operations veterans attending the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference are highly critical of Trump’s reported plan to pardon more convicted and accused war criminals.

“You’re sending a signal out there that we as a country don’t have the appropriate moral values to recognize right and wrong,” said retired Brig. Gen. Howard Yellen, a former deputy commander of U.S. Army Special Operations Command. The pardons would send a message “that you can go out there in the heat of battle, in the fog of war, and be able to commit a law of land warfare crime, and not receive any punitive actions for it, that you can act with impunity,” he said.

The retired senior special operations officer said the notion of pardoning someone accused of war crimes without even allowing the military justice system to play out would be “the most damaging” aspect of what Trump was reported to be planning
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This all just goes along with the deep state push to privatize military. Once this has been realized there wont be any need for accountability and the elite will pay to play.

A privatley owned and controled military is a threat to Democracy and unconstitutional. By pardoning convicted war criminals they are telling contractors anything goes. Very scary precedent. This is going to have major repercussions.
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Yep
It just gets worse and worse.
The private sector will be accountable to noone and will hide everything they do while using our countries name.

No doubt, the tax payers will also still be on the hook to support them.
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President Donald Trump’s reported plan to pardon a series of accused and convicted war criminals on Memorial Day is not popular with retired special operations leaders attending a conference here.

“It’s not going to have a good effect on the force,” said a retired senior special operations officer. “People might see it as supporting the troops. It’s not supporting the troops. This will not go well.”

The New York Times reported May 18 that the White House was expediting the paperwork required to pardon individuals involved in a series of high-profile war crimes. Those mentioned include: Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward Gallagher, a Navy SEAL charged with shooting civilians and killing a prisoner; Maj. Mathew Golsteyn, a Special Forces officer accused of murdering an unarmed prisoner; and Nicholas Slatten, a former sergeant in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division who was convicted of murder for his part in the killing of 14 Iraqis in Baghdad’s Nisour Square in 2007 while working as a security contractor for Blackwater.

Earlier this month, however, Trump pardoned Michael Behenna, who served five years in prison after being convicted of murdering a prisoner as a lieutenant in the Army’s 101st Airborne Division. That single pardon drew sharp public criticism from some former military personnel.

Now special operations veterans attending the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference are highly critical of Trump’s reported plan to pardon more convicted and accused war criminals.

“You’re sending a signal out there that we as a country don’t have the appropriate moral values to recognize right and wrong,” said retired Brig. Gen. Howard Yellen, a former deputy commander of U.S. Army Special Operations Command. The pardons would send a message “that you can go out there in the heat of battle, in the fog of war, and be able to commit a law of land warfare crime, and not receive any punitive actions for it, that you can act with impunity,” he said.

The retired senior special operations officer said the notion of pardoning someone accused of war crimes without even allowing the military justice system to play out would be “the most damaging” aspect of what Trump was reported to be planning

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