Haditha Marine officer goes crawling to Michael Savage, threatens to sue Murtha

http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=67434

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With most of the eight Marines charged in the Haditha, Iraq, incident now exonerated, the highest-ranking officer among the accused is considering a lawsuit against Democratic Rep. John Murtha, who fueled the case by declaring the men cold-blooded killers.

In an interview with nationally syndicated radio talk host Michael Savage, the lead attorney for Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani said he and his client will look into suing Murtha and the Time magazine reporter, Tim McGuirk, who first published the accusations by Iraqi insurgents.

But the attorney, Brian Rooney, said nothing will happen immediately because he wants Chessani, described as a devout Christian and the father of six homeschooled children, completely "out of the woods" legally before any action is taken. The government, through Lt. Col. S.M. Sullivan, today filed a notice that it would appeal the case to the next judicial level.

As WND reported, a military judge at Camp Pendleton in California yesterday dismissed charges that Chessani failed to properly investigate the Nov. 19, 2005 incident in which 24 Iraqi men, women and children were killed.
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This should have been handled by an Iraqi court - I simply do not trust our military system policing itself. If this officer thinks that Michael Savage is an appropriate outlet, that tells me quite a bit about the officer himself - and doesn't leave me with a very good image of him.

believe that this will increase tension between Iraqi citizens and the U.S. military is woefully naive...

Wasn't he suspended?

outcome he wants if he files that suit. I wonder what legal theory he has that makes him think that calling soldiers or Marines "cold-blooded killers" somehow libels or defames them. It may well be insulting or offensive to call them that but how does it harm their reputation, after all isn't the primary job of a Soldier or Marine is to kill people, doesn't the Marine Corp pride itself in being efficient and effective at killing? Anyway, he sure isn't doing his credibility any good by associating himself with Savage.

There is no way this guy puts his activities up for review and consideration by people who have don't have a personal interest in exonerating him. Like most cowards, he prefers his victims trussed, unarmed and unable to fight back or defend themselves. None of that would be true in a civil court, and even a first-year associate fresh out of law school would carve him up in a deposition.