Comments on: Sgt. Ryan Weemer, USMC http://www.suprajoe.com/archives/119 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:50:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Bill Harrison http://www.suprajoe.com/archives/119/comment-page-1#comment-267 Bill Harrison Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:45:41 +0000 http://www.suprajoe.com/?p=119#comment-267 There is always collateral damage in war. Especially when the enemy so easily blends in with the general populace. To prosecute a military man in this climate is preposterous. Did we prosecute all the aviators who took part in the massive bombings of Germany in World War II? How about the B-52 pilots in operation arc-lite during the Vietnam years? Same principal applies here. We were just up close and personal with surgical strikes. still collateral damage is collateral damage. To all the Politicians out there - next time, you fight your own battles. There is always collateral damage in war. Especially when the enemy so easily blends in with the general populace. To prosecute a military man in this climate is preposterous. Did we prosecute all the aviators who took part in the massive bombings of Germany in World War II? How about the B-52 pilots in operation arc-lite during the Vietnam years? Same principal applies here. We were just up close and personal with surgical strikes. still collateral damage is collateral damage. To all the Politicians out there - next time, you fight your own battles.

]]> By: Heidi http://www.suprajoe.com/archives/119/comment-page-1#comment-262 Heidi Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:59:04 +0000 http://www.suprajoe.com/?p=119#comment-262 WAR IS HELL AND YOUR RULES OF ENGAGEMENT CANNOT REFINE IT! That is my civilian perspective on the prosecutions (PERsecutions!) of our warriors fighting in Haditha, Hamdania, Fallujah and everywhere else duty calls and restraints on victory are in place! I am a resident of Oceanside and a mother of five. After learning that I could attend these (ridiculously insane) hearings and trials of our nation's heros, I have witnessed the NCIS using INCORRECT DATA, taped interviews TOTALLY OUT OF CONTEXT, and some of the scariest prosecution witnesses that would not pass the FAMILY DINNERTABLE DISCUSSIONS muster let alone a military trial! In trying to make sense of it, the only conclusion I have is what looks to me as A CORRUPT POLITICALLY INDUCED NEED TO FILL A QUOTA OF CHARGED AND PROSECUTED MARINES! (Remeber the hate America first politicians announcing the war is lost a few months ago?) Indeed, this is the very context of a question I posed of a witness (annonymous here) at Ryan's Sept. 30, 2008 hearing outside the courtroom. I was told by this witness I'd have to ask his boss... When I told this person that the reason I was asking was because I could not understand how, after making it home ALIVE, after doing their job of KICKING IN DOORS WHERE THE ENEMY IS AND NOT HAVING THEIR FACES BLOWN OFF, that our warriors are coming home to BEING PROSECUTED! AND FOR WHAT???!!!! He told me, "This conversation is over!" You see, we civilians CAN understand what our troops go through!!! We are the ones who would FREAK OUT under battle conditions and have HUGE ADMIRATION for our young men and women who serve so valiantly!!! That is why Sgt. Nazario was aquitted by the good people in his jury! I wish with all my being that the RULES of ENGAGEMENT simply read: IF YOU MESS WITH U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL, THERE COULD BE DIRE CONSEQUENCES - PERIOD!! ...I wish Tucker and Menchaca could have had the benefit of the rules of the Geneva Convention applied to them... I thank God for the Sgt. Ryan Weemers of this world and the women who love them. I thank God Ryan is alive! Hang in there young Mrs. Weemer, you are not alone -- you may be broke, but do NOT allow your SPIRIT to be broken! I know you won't, you've got too much support... Use all the Kleenex you need, get quiet, and feel the love from the community south of Camp Pendleton! One last suggestion if I may... It is very helpfull that hearings and trials are posted in the newspapers so that the citizens CAN KEEP UP CONVERSATIONS!! God Bless! WAR IS HELL AND YOUR RULES OF ENGAGEMENT CANNOT REFINE IT! That is my civilian perspective on the prosecutions (PERsecutions!) of our warriors fighting in Haditha, Hamdania, Fallujah and everywhere else duty calls and restraints on victory are in place!

I am a resident of Oceanside and a mother of five. After learning that I could attend these (ridiculously insane) hearings and trials of our nation’s heros, I have witnessed the NCIS using INCORRECT DATA, taped interviews TOTALLY OUT OF CONTEXT, and some of the scariest prosecution witnesses that would not pass the FAMILY DINNERTABLE DISCUSSIONS muster let alone a military trial! In trying to make sense of it, the only conclusion I have is what looks to me as A CORRUPT POLITICALLY INDUCED NEED TO FILL A QUOTA OF CHARGED AND PROSECUTED MARINES! (Remeber the hate America first politicians announcing the war is lost a few months ago?)

Indeed, this is the very context of a question I posed of a witness (annonymous here) at Ryan’s Sept. 30, 2008 hearing outside the courtroom. I was told by this witness I’d have to ask his boss…

When I told this person that the reason I was asking was because I could not understand how, after making it home ALIVE, after doing their job of KICKING IN DOORS WHERE THE ENEMY IS AND NOT HAVING THEIR FACES BLOWN OFF, that our warriors are coming home to BEING PROSECUTED! AND FOR WHAT???!!!! He told me, “This conversation is over!”

You see, we civilians CAN understand what our troops go through!!! We are the ones who would FREAK OUT under battle conditions and have HUGE ADMIRATION for our young men and women who serve so valiantly!!! That is why Sgt. Nazario was aquitted by the good people in his jury!

I wish with all my being that the RULES of ENGAGEMENT simply read: IF YOU MESS WITH U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL, THERE COULD BE DIRE CONSEQUENCES - PERIOD!!

…I wish Tucker and Menchaca could have had the benefit of the rules of the Geneva Convention applied to them…

I thank God for the Sgt. Ryan Weemers of this world and the women who love them. I thank God Ryan is alive! Hang in there young Mrs. Weemer, you are not alone — you may be broke, but do NOT allow your SPIRIT to be broken! I know you won’t, you’ve got too much support… Use all the Kleenex you need, get quiet, and feel the love from the community south of Camp Pendleton!

One last suggestion if I may… It is very helpfull that hearings and trials are posted in the newspapers so that the citizens CAN KEEP UP CONVERSATIONS!! God Bless!

]]> By: korey kaufman http://www.suprajoe.com/archives/119/comment-page-1#comment-261 korey kaufman Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:26:48 +0000 http://www.suprajoe.com/?p=119#comment-261 Hey there Ryan. I heard that they are trying to hook you up for some B.S. in Fallujah. I want everyone to know that I was in the same platoon as Weemer and he is not the monster that the Marine Corps is making him out to be. In my eyes you did nothing wrong. I was in Fallujah with Ryan and no one knows what goes on in war until you have been there. It changes you as a person forever. That battle was a fight for our lives. No one will understand that but those who fought and spilled there blood. I dont care what branch of service you were in or what war you fought, its different. This battle was different than Iwo, Pusan, and even the first battle of Fullujah. Again I was there......NCIS was not, the people who are destroying Ryan were not. I think about you all the time and pray that you are doing well. I miss hangin out with you and joking around. Your a good man and you will get through this. You will be in my thoughts and prayers. Hang in there Ryan. Cpl Korey Kaufman 3rd Blt 1st Mar 1st Platoon Kilo Co. Hey there Ryan. I heard that they are trying to hook you up for some B.S. in Fallujah. I want everyone to know that I was in the same platoon as Weemer and he is not the monster that the Marine Corps is making him out to be. In my eyes you did nothing wrong. I was in Fallujah with Ryan and no one knows what goes on in war until you have been there. It changes you as a person forever. That battle was a fight for our lives. No one will understand that but those who fought and spilled there blood. I dont care what branch of service you were in or what war you fought, its different. This battle was different than Iwo, Pusan, and even the first battle of Fullujah. Again I was there……NCIS was not, the people who are destroying Ryan were not. I think about you all the time and pray that you are doing well. I miss hangin out with you and joking around. Your a good man and you will get through this. You will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Hang in there Ryan.
Cpl Korey Kaufman
3rd Blt 1st Mar
1st Platoon Kilo Co.

]]> By: HELENPORTER http://www.suprajoe.com/archives/119/comment-page-1#comment-260 HELENPORTER Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:45:03 +0000 http://www.suprajoe.com/?p=119#comment-260 DEAR AMANDA...MY HEART ACHES FOR YOU AND RYAN. I MET RYAN WHEN DEREK INVITED TO HAVE A STAY WITH US WHEN THEY WERE BOTH IN THE MARINES...DEREK PORTER IS OUR SON AND THINKS OF HIM AS A BROTHER. I PERSONALLY CALLED RYAN AND APPOLOGIZED FOR THE BEHAVIOR OF OUR COUNTRY. THIS MAN SHOULD BE CELEBRATED NOT PERSECUTED. MY FIRST IMPRESSION OF HIM WAS THAT HE WAS SOFT SPOKEN, POLITE, RESPECTFUL AND COULD SEE WHY DEREK THOUGHT OF NOT ONLY AS A FRIEND, BUT A BROTHER...MY PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU BOTH. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO...SINCERELY, HELEN PORTER DEAR AMANDA…MY HEART ACHES FOR YOU AND RYAN. I MET RYAN WHEN DEREK INVITED TO HAVE A STAY WITH US WHEN THEY WERE BOTH IN THE MARINES…DEREK PORTER IS OUR SON AND THINKS OF HIM AS A BROTHER. I PERSONALLY CALLED RYAN AND APPOLOGIZED FOR THE BEHAVIOR OF OUR COUNTRY. THIS MAN SHOULD BE CELEBRATED NOT PERSECUTED. MY FIRST IMPRESSION OF HIM WAS THAT HE WAS SOFT SPOKEN, POLITE, RESPECTFUL AND COULD SEE WHY DEREK THOUGHT OF NOT ONLY AS A FRIEND, BUT A BROTHER…MY PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU BOTH. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO…SINCERELY, HELEN PORTER

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