Thought For the Day
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 41 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
We live in an era where they hang the heroes and celebrate the murderers.
Welcome to Liberal Progressive America. Liars are praised. Truthfulness is tantamount to treason.
Pink hats celebrate the killing of babies.
May God help us.
IIRC, he resigned his commission. By what authority is he sent to the brig?
Papers haven’t gone through for discharge, yet.
Also ordered a psych eval after he submitted his resignation.
It doesn’t enter their head that doing this only proves LTC Scheller’s point and garners support against them.
Also ordered a psych eval after he submitted his resignation.
Our government is run by malevolent people.
Our government is run by malevolent people.
Fortunately they are as stupid as they are malevolent. The powers that be are rapidly convincing the grunts, Marines, swabbies and fly boys that they are their moral enemies. Expect a fair amount of turmoil in the ranks, especially if they give bad paper discharges over vaccinations.
While I certainly agree with what the Lt. Col. is saying, is it appropriate for an active duty 0-5 to say it publicly? Even Scheller himself admitted he would have dealt with a subordinate the same he was dealt with had the tables been turned. You can bet your ass that statement will be used against him at courts martial.
Don, I remember you saying when Gen. Macchrystal publicly criticized the Obama Administration, he was out of line and should have relieved. If it’s inappropriate for a four star general, how it would it not be even more appropriate for an 0-5, who is not even commanding combat troops but commanding a school, to go public in this way?
Or, have things gotten so bad that it would be necessary for someone in his position to do what he did?
At this point, I think LTCOL Scheller acted foolishly and will get eaten alive by the military establishment and will not help his stated cause. In fact, it may very well hurt it. I can’t help but wonder if Scheller used this Afghanistan debacle as an opportunity for publicity.
“Don, I remember you saying when Gen. Macchrystal publicly criticized the Obama Administration, he was out of line and should have relieved.”
Yep. If you are going to publicly criticize your commanders you have to resign. That is precisely what Scheller did. His court martial, if he is adequately represented, could be used as a forum to put the Afghanistan commander failures on the record. At a court martial you can have civilian counsel, and Scheller would be well advised to exercise that privilege.
I don’t think Scheller offered to resign his commission until AFTER he went public the first time. He was relieved of his command subsequent to his first public statement. That’s a key distinction.
As to the opportunity to put the Afghanistan debacle on trial, I don’t see that happening because it won’t get the necessary publicity…unless big named retired generals come out in droves in his defense.
Scheller knew that his video was a career ender for him.
https://the-american-catholic.com/2021/08/27/a-real-marine/
I think he will have senior retired officers coming to his defense. Scheller’s career is done. He has no incentive to play ball with the prosecution at his court martial. Time to put them on trial.
And I’m sure MacChrystal knew his interview with Rolling Stone was a career ender. But in addition to being a career ender, Scheller had to know it could very well be more than that by making that video while in uniform.
You may see many retired officers coming out for Scheller. But I wouldn’t count on it. I think you would have already seen something of a ground swell. You also have to understand that even many of the “good ones” are yes men when push comes to shove and have lucrative post retirement gigs they aren’t willing to sacrifice. But we’ll see.
Now, if Scheller was the commander of the troops who were killed at the Kabul airport, the “put the Afghanistan debacle on trial” strategy might get some traction. But with an infantry school commander in the states, that strategy is a tough slog at best.
Unless Scheller wants to receive maximum punishment for what he’s being charged with and/or wants to be a martyr for the cause, it seems he has every incentive to play ball with the prosecution on this.
And I’m sure MacChrystal knew his interview with Rolling Stone was a career ender.
No, he was completely surprised by the blowback.
You may see many retired officers coming out for Scheller. But I wouldn’t count on it.
These gentlemen would be a good place to start:
https://flagofficers4america.com/sign-our-letters
Come to think of it, didn’t MacChrystal think those remarks were off the record? Otherwise, he’d have to be an idiot to think he wouldn’t get canned. I mean I’m sure he’s an astute enough student of history to know how the other General Mac fared for doing the same.
But Scheller posted a video, IN UNIFORM, doing it. Then, posted another video in uniform, this time disobeying a direct order to stay off of social media.
Have any of those 150 Flag officers come out in Scheller’s behalf?
Look, I sure I’m wrong about this, but I don’t see this ending well for Scheller nor do I see it helping the cause.
Kurt Schlicter”s remark on this controversy was that it would have been an easy call when he was in service 30 years ago, but the Regime has now changed the rules.
A friend of mine is retired Lieutenant Colonel from the Marine Corp. He said since Schiller’s discharge is not official he is still an active duty Marine and as such he waives a number of personal freedoms as a condition of his service obligations. He violated a gag order, hence the confinement.
The Pipe Hitter Foundation, an organization founded by retired Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher, who would have been wrongly convicted on bogus war crime charges had it not been for President Trump and Bernard Kerik, along with wife Andrea is assisting with legal fees and other needs for Scheller. If we can spare a few bucks, we should throw them in that direction.
https://pipehitterfoundation.org/who-we-support/lt-col-scheller/
Good find Greg. A worthy cause indeed.
The Generals not only threw Biden under the bus but threw him under the bus again after the bus ran him over in their congressional testimony. This could work in Scheller’s favor.
LtCol is in solitary confinement at Capmp Lejeune NC. Treated like a violent criminal. This officer with 5 combat tours was on the fast track. His lawyer is a former marine officer. Yes donating to the piperfoundation.org would be appreciated.
The generals testimonies under oath today before the Senate was nauseating. Gen Milley said that for him to resign would be seen as a political move and he won’t do it. (Laughable) Seeing as how some of Milley’s actions against his Commander-in-chief Trump in accord with Speaker Pelosi appear to be treasonous.
Thank you Greg and Don.
I’m in.
“Life is not fair.” JFK
Asking for a friend.
If Lt Col Scheller will be court-martialed for his video truth telling, will Gen. Milley be court-martialed for his calls to the Chicom military thereby feloniously breaching the Constitutional and legal chain of command? It’s on tape. FOIA or Subpoena it.
Great Philip! Such contributions can help encourage other people to stand up in this time of trial. The money helps them of course, but it also shows they are not alone.
The beauty of the internet shines brightly in these moments of helping neighbors.
I’m happy to help.