You missed the second part:

If some of these “winter soldiers” were officers/NCOs and stated they saw/allowed such actions and did not report/prosecute it when in command, then they are also guilty of violating UCMJ.

Bottom line in the Military. If one is in command, one is responsible no matter what. If witnessing an illegal act, one is responsible, reguardless of rank, to report it. IF there were acts witnessed by these people while on active duty and they did not move to either stop it or report it, then they are guilty of violating UCMJ also.

If they wish to accuse others of wrongdoing, then the freedom of the accused is to have their case stated with both accuser and defendent in sworn testomony. Unless you do not feel the defendents in this case are free to legally rebuke slander.

Or are “conservatives” (which encompasses a majority of the military) not allowed such rights?

Then you do believe that they do not have the freedom to speak their mind.

Re: “Steve, you’re not worthy”

Worthy of what? To speak my mind? Are my words to be the subject of Conservative editing prior to my being allowed to speak (write) them in public? Is that the “freedom” that Conservatives wish to impose on the United States?

Think Title 18 USC Chapter 212 - Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction.

You are free to lie, slander and smear.

And we are free tot tell the truth.

We win.

You lose.

Not to mention an embarrassement to Philadelphia. The city already has an image problem without Steve adding to the mix.

Military investigators of the 1971 WSI found almost all the charges made then to be unsubstantiated or were repudiated by the claimants, yet no action was taken against anyone for false “testimony”. On the various CID reports that I have read, not one of the original WS would give names - why is that? If they truly were after justice, then bring to just those that committed these allleged war crimes. I strongly suspect that if they gave up a name and the individual was made aware of this alleged complaint - the 1971 WSI would have become the 1971 Lawsuit-palooza!

Not only are the IVAW copying the WSI - they are attempting to recreate the VVAW ‘A US Infantry Company Just Came Through Here” Campaign. However, unlike in 1971, were the unwashed VVAW members harrassed the public with impunity - this generation of VVAW wannbe’s (IVAW) are getting their a## arrested with this stunt:

Tuscaloosa, AL - Four protesters from Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
and Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) were arrested here, Feb. 29, at the
University of Alabama for performing a mock raid meant to demonstrate the
effects of the U.S. occupation on Iraqi civilians.

http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20080303/004607.html

A bellweather of things to come for IVAW??

Steve, you’re not worthy. And neither are the nobodies who slander our troops.

Like the lies of the last “winter soldier” idiocy, if these people have charges to make, then they need to make them under sworn depositions and file official charges.

If some of these “winter soldiers” were officers/NCOs and stated they saw/allowed such actions and did not report/prosecute it when in command, then they are also guilty of violating UCMJ.