12-16-2011, 06:06 AM
McClatchy Newspapers released an article yesterday accusing the Marines of embellishing the heroic efforts of Cpl. Dakota Meyer, in order to receive the Medal of Honor.....
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/12/14/13...story.html
The Marines immediately issued a rebuttal statement, which McClatchy actually printed....
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/12/15/13...ni_popular
There are also articles on CNN and Fox about it-but they are mostly regurgitated from the 2 McClatchy articles.
I wondered, while reading the original article, who exactly, they were trying to discredit.
There is Cpl. Meyer, whose name and image is liberally posted through out the article. Then the Marine Corps themselves, who McClatchy accuses of wanting a MOH recipient so bad, they'd lie to get it. Lastly Obama's name is also tossed about, there is implication that he pushed the MOH process through in order to honor a living recipient.
I have a hard time believing the Marines would risk their integrity over a chuck of metal-I know the military covers things up now and then (shit happens), but why would the Marines put this young man in the spotlight, under the kind of stress that would encompass standing next to the President and getting accolades, if they did not have documented proof of his deeds?
I'm sure that now, thanks to Mclatchys article, Cpl. Meyer is getting harassed by every journalist in the country trying to get a statement out of him. Does McClatchys really need to make him relive this ambush over and over in order to sell more papers?
As far as trying to make Obama look bad (well I'm all for that-but), there are about 1,000 other things they could investigate about Barrack's clan and his way of doing business.
I personally don't care whether he killed 8 or 58 Taliban-he did his best and saved some lives and that's good enough for me. The media doesn't have to harass him for the next few years-making him second guess himself and probably go into hiding.
I'm glad the Marine Corps is standing behind him on this, I hope his name doesn't get dragged through the mud-he doesn't deserve to be ridiculed for his acts of bravery, and he certainly doesn't need to be nitpicked apart, for things that out of his control.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/12/14/13...story.html
The Marines immediately issued a rebuttal statement, which McClatchy actually printed....
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/12/15/13...ni_popular
There are also articles on CNN and Fox about it-but they are mostly regurgitated from the 2 McClatchy articles.
I wondered, while reading the original article, who exactly, they were trying to discredit.
There is Cpl. Meyer, whose name and image is liberally posted through out the article. Then the Marine Corps themselves, who McClatchy accuses of wanting a MOH recipient so bad, they'd lie to get it. Lastly Obama's name is also tossed about, there is implication that he pushed the MOH process through in order to honor a living recipient.
I have a hard time believing the Marines would risk their integrity over a chuck of metal-I know the military covers things up now and then (shit happens), but why would the Marines put this young man in the spotlight, under the kind of stress that would encompass standing next to the President and getting accolades, if they did not have documented proof of his deeds?
I'm sure that now, thanks to Mclatchys article, Cpl. Meyer is getting harassed by every journalist in the country trying to get a statement out of him. Does McClatchys really need to make him relive this ambush over and over in order to sell more papers?
As far as trying to make Obama look bad (well I'm all for that-but), there are about 1,000 other things they could investigate about Barrack's clan and his way of doing business.
I personally don't care whether he killed 8 or 58 Taliban-he did his best and saved some lives and that's good enough for me. The media doesn't have to harass him for the next few years-making him second guess himself and probably go into hiding.
I'm glad the Marine Corps is standing behind him on this, I hope his name doesn't get dragged through the mud-he doesn't deserve to be ridiculed for his acts of bravery, and he certainly doesn't need to be nitpicked apart, for things that out of his control.