Bob McCarty Writes

I’ve written many posts about the case of the so-called “Haditha Marines” and how they’re facing Article 32 hearings and possible courts-martial proceedings for their courageous service on behalf of the United States. Today, I recommend you read a piece by Nat Helms which was published at the blog, Conservative Thoughts. It begins this way:

Defend Our Marines

The media got it wrong from the start. The action in Haditha on November 19, 2005, began as an ambush and escalated into a complex engagement with insurgents. Defend Our Marines Contributing Editor Nathaniel Helms gets the story from one man who was there.

Pictured above: LCpl. Ghent (left) currently deployed in 3/1 in Iraq; former Cpl. Joe Haman (right); and former Cpl. Josh Karlen (center), an assault man. All three men were wounded during the grenade fight following the ambush of SSgt. Frank Wuterich’s squad on November 19, 2005. Click here for a larger image.

To read the rest of the article, click here.