Author: AMM (403 Articles)

Mothers of three sons serving our country and co-founder of Military Families Voice of Victory. AMM was one of the first women and Military Mothers to disagree with Cindy Sheehan on the record in interviews with the Associated Press. Bio Page

Recently there has been a campaign asking for Rep. John Murtha to make a public apology to Lance Cpl. Justin Sharratt for making statements of his guilt or resign after an investigating officer has stated that charges against LCpl Harratt should be dropped.

CNN

The government’s theory that Lance Cpl. Justin L. Sharratt had executed the three men was “incredible” and relied on contradictory statements by Iraqis, Lt. Col. Paul Ware said in the report, released by Sharratt’s defense attorneys.

“To believe the government version of facts is to disregard clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, and sets a dangerous precedent that, in my opinion, may encourage others to bear false witness against Marines as a tactic to erode public support of the Marine Corps and mission in Iraq,” Ware wrote.

Defense attorneys James Culp and Gary Myers in a statement welcomed the report and said it “reflected the value of the calm of a courtroom and the adversarial process.”

Sharratt’s mother Theresa said she was overjoyed.

“This is a huge result; that report is a declaration of Justin’s innocence,” she said. “This is very, very good news.”

CNSnews is reporting that the family of LCpl. Justin Sharratt wants Rep. John Murtha censured. You can’t really blame them considering just how often John Murtha has used the Haditha incident for his own personal gain.

“It’s too late for an apology,” Darryl Sharratt of Canonsburg, Pa., told Cybercast News Service after the hearing officer in the case, Lt. Col. Paul Ware, released an 18-page report recommending that all charges against Sharratt’s son, Lance Cpl. Justin Sharratt, be dismissed because his actions “were in accord with the rules of engagement and use of force.”

Maybe the voters who elected John Murtha owe the Sharratt family a huge apology as well. Just to jog your memory here is John Murtha acting as a judge instead of a congressman.

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