Army won't restore medals to solider pardoned by Trump

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[–]bjam27 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

US Army are traitors to their country.

[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Which country are you from?

[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Restoring Discipline in the Armed Forces is of Great Importance.

The US Army has reportedly denied a request to return medals of valor to a retired major accused of murder in Afghanistan who was pardoned by former President Donald Trump.

Retired Maj. Mathew Golsteyn, who was pardoned in November 2019, was denied his December 2019 request to an Army review board to restore his Distinguished Service Cross, USA Today reported, citing documents obtained by the newspaper.

Golsteyn initially was awarded a Silver Star for heroism, but it was upgraded following a review, USA Today reported.

The Army also rejected his request to restore his Special Forces tab that distinguished him as a member of an elite unit. The decision was made in June, but wasn’t announced by Army officials ahead of Trump’s final months in the White House, according to the report.

Golsteyn was charged with murder in late 2018 for shooting and then burying a suspected Taliban bomb-maker in Afghanistan during a deployment eight years earlier. He was awaiting trial when Trump pardoned him in November 2019.

Trump intervened in the case after tweeting that he was reviewing the case of the “highly decorated” Green Beret.

[–]lizard_king 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Sucks to be him

[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Yep. It would suck more if I were Chief of Staff.

(To be fair, a lot of things would be worse for a lot of people if I were Chief of Staff.)

[–]lizard_king 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Out of curiosity, how would things be worse?

[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I would have moved Ranger School to Afghanistan. We would have about two divisions there. I will never forgive George Bush (the Lesser) from letting a victory fall out of our grasp.

[–]grassfed 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Okay loser

[–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

For what we spent, we could have had multiple 'total victories', but who would have made any money then?