{"id":28150,"date":"2016-04-29T13:07:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T17:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=28150"},"modified":"2016-04-29T13:07:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T17:07:23","slug":"sometimes-justice-takes-a-while","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=28150","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes Justice Takes A While"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last September I posted an article<\/a> about Sergeant First Class<\/a> (SFC) Charles Martland, a Green Beret who\u00a0was selected for an involuntary discharge through an Army force reduction program. SFC Martland has served honorably, having been awarded two Bronze Stars during his time in the Army. He was chosen for release because he was charged with assaulting an Afghan leader.<\/p>\n

This is the story:<\/p>\n

In 2011, Martland was nearing the end of his yearlong deployment in northern Afghanistan\u2019s Kunduz province<\/a> when he and an officer became outraged with the behavior of some local leaders they were responsible for developing as police commanders.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Martland and his detachment commander, Capt. Daniel Quinn<\/a>, lost their tempers when one leader near their base kidnapped a boy for more than a week, chained him to a bed, raped the child and then assaulted the boy\u2019s mother, Quinn said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The mother appealed to the Green Berets<\/a> to help her son. Quinn said the soldiers brought the Afghan commander to their base and confronted him.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quinn told The News Tribune<\/a> that the Afghan admitted he had raped the boy. He angered the American soldiers by showing disregard for their concerns.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHe started laughing when we talked about what a big deal this was,\u201d Quinn said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Martland and Quinn proceeded to assault the Afghan. Accounts vary on how badly they hurt him.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yesterday the American Center for Law & Justice<\/a> (ACLJ) posted an update<\/a> on the story.<\/p>\n

They reported:<\/p>\n

The American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ),\u00a0 which has been advocating for Sergeant First Class (SFC) Charles Martland \u2013 a decorated war hero facing expulsion from the army for defending a child, calls today\u2019s decision by the U.S. Army<\/a> to retain the Green Beret war hero a \u201csignificant victory\u201d and that \u201cjustice has been served.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

SFC Martland faced expulsion from the Army for defending a child from sexual abuse and confronting an admitted sexual predator in Afghanistan<\/a>. The ACLJ argued that his actions \u2013 stopping the perpetrator who was violating Afghan law<\/a> and forcibly removing him from a U.S. military base \u2013 were heroic.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe decision by the Army to retain this hero is long overdue and represents a significant victory for SFC Martland,\u201d said Jay Sekulow<\/a>, Chief Counsel of the ACLJ.\u00a0 \u201cJustice has been served. The U.S. military has a moral obligation to stop child sexual abuse and exonerate SFC Martland for defending a child from rape. The Army finally took the corrective action needed and this is not only a victory for SFC Martland, but for the American people as well.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pedophilia is not an American value. We should strongly discourage its practice in any country that we do business with.<\/p>\n

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