Bob McCarty Writes

Once again, political correctness appears to be rearing its ugly head in Germany. I reached that conclusion after reading a recent Stars & Stripes article about the trial of a man charged in the shooting deaths of two U.S. airmen at the Frankfort Airport in March.

According to the article, journalist Franz Feyder testified in court about the investigation he conducted that led him to believe Arid Uka, the 21-year-old man charged with two counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder, had spent time in Bosnia-Herzegovina prior to the shooting spree and, while there, was likely involved with radical Islamists.

Why would attorneys on both sides discount the journalist’s testimony? Most likely, because German government officials are pressuring them so as to appease Muslims in the country and avoid having Uka being labeled a “radical Islamic terrorist.” Political correctness.

Kelly A. Stewart

Here’s the “once again” part: Similar political pressures resulted in the court-martial conviction of Army Green Beret Sgt. 1st Class Kelly A. Stewart during three days in August 2009.

German government officials pressured U.S. military officials to “throw the book” at Stewart despite the fact that his accuser, a 29-year-old young German woman, could produce no physical evidence or eyewitnesses to corroborate her claims that the highly-decorated combat veteran had raped and kidnapped her in his Stuttgart hotel room a year earlier. As a result, Stewart ended up being convicted on several counts, sentenced to eight years in prison and branded as a sexual offender for the rest of his life.

You can read more of the gut-wrenching details about Stewart’s case, his fight for a new trial and the battle to clear his name in the book, Three Days In August: A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier’s Fight For Military Justice.

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