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This blog doesn’t usually pick up issues that are in flux as by the time people read, the issue is moot. I’m making an exception here with the outrageous nature of Rick Perry’s statement: Perry claims that US Marines who urinated on and, thus, desecrated dead bodies merely made typical 18-19 year old stupid mistakes. I beg to differ. Those 4 Marines are professional soldiers who represent and are the face of the United States while performing their duties as soldiers. Mistakes they may be but those who make such mistakes should be prosecuted, not merely reprimanded. Talk about stupid mistakes – picture Perry conducting US foreign policy as commander in chief.
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Marines in video are 'kids,' not criminals
by Associated Press • Jan. 15, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry is accusing the Obama administration of "over-the-top rhetoric" and "disdain for the military" in its condemnation of a video that purportedly shows Marines urinating on dead bodies in Afghanistan.
No one has been charged in the case, but officials in the U.S. and abroad have called for swift punishment of the four Marines.
A military criminal investigation and an internal Marine Corps review are under way. The Geneva Conventions forbid the desecration of the dead.
Perry tells CNN's "State of the Union" that he thinks the Marines involved should be reprimanded, but not pursued with criminal charges.
Perry said "18, 19-year-old kids make stupid mistakes all too often and that's what's occurred here."
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