I would ask and continue to ask variations of the Shrilldabeast question.
Marine Corps Commandant Zoomie “crush the troops” Amos a coward
Well the Marine Corps has decided not to “crush” one of the troops involved in the heinous crime of relieving themselves on a couple of dead Tallies. But alas, the charges are not being dropped because the Marine Corps believes the perp is innocent or that he’s been over charged. The charges are being dropped to keep from embarrassing first ever incompetent Commandant of the Marine Corps - Zoomie Amos.
When it became apparent that the defense would want all of Zoomie’s e-mails after it was revealed that Zoomie exerted unlawful command influence in the case, the Marine Corps, no doubt under even more unlawful command influence, dropped the charges against Captain James V. Clement. Captain Clement’s lawyer, John Dowd, hit the nail squarely on the head when he said:
“The withdrawal of the charges was another act of cowardice by the commandant, his counsel and the Judge Advocate Division of [ Marine Corps headquarters] to cover up the worst case of unlawful command influence in the history of the Marine Corps, which was beginning next Wednesday to be uncovered in a hearing before the chief judge … on several motions to compel discovery."
Marines and former Marines know how difficult it is for any of us to speak ill of the commandant. I do not like this one bit, but we are in difficult times and Zoomie has proven himself to be a self-serving sycophantic “yes man.” Or, would it be “yes we can man” under the current emperor? But, I didn’t start it. Lt Gen Thomas Waldhauser notified the defense of the unlawful command influence in sworn statement.
So you have a double whammy. You have an active duty Marine taking on his commandant, and you have Gen on Gen fratricide. The general officer corps is a pretty close nit group. To have one of them turn on another is sort of like having one mob boss testify against another. It doesn’t happen all that often. It’s a big deal when it does, and when it does happen, the one testifying definitely needs to go into witness protection. So Lt. Gen. Waldhauser has been reassigned as the senior military advisor to Sec Def – Box-O-Rocks Hagel.
Having brought great discredit on his office and the Marine Corps, I hope Zoomie quietly resigns. Having shredded his integrity and proven how deeply he is willing to dive head first into the
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