ABikerSailor
Diamond Member
You know, I saw this on the news this evening, and I'm still not sure how I feel about it. Yes, the person the Green Beret killed was a Taliban bomb maker, and yes, he was taken into custody shortly after 2 of his bombs went off, but then he was killed by an American soldier.
Granted, I get that there are certain rules that must be followed when taking prisoners into custody, and yes, I understand that the guy would want to kill the bomb maker after 2 of his friends died from the bomb.
I know that rules should be followed during wartime, but in this case, I think that I could make an exception for the Green Beret, as he WAS in an active combat zone.
But, chances are, he's gonna get a pardon. Trump has said that he's gonna look into it and the possibility of a pardon is pretty good.
Former Green Beret charged with murder of suspected Taliban bombmaker
A former U.S. Army Green Beret has been charged with the 2010 murder of a man he suspected of being a Taliban bomb maker.
The charges follow multiple investigations of Major Matthew Golsteyn's role in the man's death that he once admitted to Fox News during a 2016 interview.
"Major Matthew Golsteyn's immediate commander has determined that sufficient evidence exists to warrant the preferral of charges against him," said Lt. Col. Loren Bymer, a spokesman for U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
"Major Golsteyn has been charged with the murder of an Afghan male during his 2010 deployment to Afghanistan," he continued.
On Thursday, Golsteyn's attorney Philip Stackhouse tweeted that he had been charged with "premeditated murder, a death penalty offense for allegedly killing a Taliban bomb-maker during combat operations in Marjah, Afghanistan."
Granted, I get that there are certain rules that must be followed when taking prisoners into custody, and yes, I understand that the guy would want to kill the bomb maker after 2 of his friends died from the bomb.
I know that rules should be followed during wartime, but in this case, I think that I could make an exception for the Green Beret, as he WAS in an active combat zone.
But, chances are, he's gonna get a pardon. Trump has said that he's gonna look into it and the possibility of a pardon is pretty good.
Former Green Beret charged with murder of suspected Taliban bombmaker
A former U.S. Army Green Beret has been charged with the 2010 murder of a man he suspected of being a Taliban bomb maker.
The charges follow multiple investigations of Major Matthew Golsteyn's role in the man's death that he once admitted to Fox News during a 2016 interview.
"Major Matthew Golsteyn's immediate commander has determined that sufficient evidence exists to warrant the preferral of charges against him," said Lt. Col. Loren Bymer, a spokesman for U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
"Major Golsteyn has been charged with the murder of an Afghan male during his 2010 deployment to Afghanistan," he continued.
On Thursday, Golsteyn's attorney Philip Stackhouse tweeted that he had been charged with "premeditated murder, a death penalty offense for allegedly killing a Taliban bomb-maker during combat operations in Marjah, Afghanistan."