Proof Of a Multi-tiered Justice System

By Michael The Libertarian

More and more, it seems like our justice system is multi-tiered.

General Patreus: Convicted. Shrillary: Exonerated before investigation.

Bowe Bergdahl, pleads guilty to crimes that could carry a sentence of LIFE: No prison time.

It boggles the mind.

There was a time when desertion during a war was a death sentence. I can understand some taking a moral stand against that and I have said, frequently, that not everyone is cut out to serve. I concede those points.

This guy volunteered. He rose to the rank of E-5 (doesn't happen overnight). He didn't claim Conscientious Objector status. He walked away from his post (by his own admission. No “wiggle room” ie; “The jury got it wrong”.

Nope. This guy enjoyed some largess and I believe it had something to do with keeping egg off a former president's face.

Remember: the former Failure-In-Chief declared this man a hero. I guess that means his uniform was pressed, when he deserted?

Very shortly after good ol' Barry called this deserter a “hero”, stories began coming to light about the people who were killed or injured, trying to find the person they believed to be a brother in arms. Heroic? Not by my definition.

Anyway, along with the stories about his fallen rescuers came investigation into the five high-level Jihadis for whom the deserter was traded. According to what I remember, allegedly four of the five went back to the fight, pretty quickly.

So, we traded a deserter for five dedicated command-level enemy combatants. Somehow, that doesn't add up.

I already hear the moaning and sighs of the damned coming from ardent supporters of Obama: “He just said he deserted to get a plea deal!” That could be entirely true, but doesn't that just bolster my contention that this was “cleaned up” as neatly as possible so the former president with the most “scandal-free administration in history” wouldn't be embarrassed, having to refuse an invitation from the deserter's family to come to the execution?

That to the side (and that's a lot for this journalist to over-look), doesn't this point up the fact that issues where law should prevail get politicized and therefore prevent true justice from being done? It's illegal for the butcher to put his thumb on the scale because we have no way of knowing how much influence that thumb has on our outcome. Shouldn't our justice system have that same standard imposed on it?

There used to be kind of an unwritten rule that elected officials wouldn't comment publicly on ongoing investigations or prosecutions. Again, I hear it, already: “But … but … but … Donald Trump said: ...” Yes, he did, when he was candidate trump. He's President Trump, now (I know that still eats at some of you).

Anyway, it would be nice if we had the appearance of neutrality, anyway in this country. We don't. People deemed to be “special” or “examples” are frequently given a pass (or do I have to mention Weinstain, again?). They're exonerated and absolved by dint of having “their heart in the right place” in regards to their political views.

The deserter should be getting a last meal, a cigarette, and a blindfold, as far as I'm concerned.

- Michael