European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse \. Thursday september 29, 1994 commentary the stars an stripes Page 17 Ollie North the Choice of All True patriots by Mike littwin dear fellow Patriot you be heard a lot of nonsense recently about future . Sen. Ollie North mostly from liberals and the Media about How Ollie s a liar and should have been in prison with Marion Barry except Ollie got off on a technicality. Technically a lot of us North support ers Don t actually believe in criminals get Ting off on Legal technicalities if we re honest a lot of us Aren t that comfortable with the Bill of rights altogether excluding of course the right to Bear arms but this was different. Ollie was just doing his patriotic duty by lying to a Bunch of godless politicians so he could help save the world from communism. Remember while Ollie was serving his country the congressmen he lied to were raising your taxes and getting free haircuts. Ollie gets haircuts four times a week but never at taxpayers expense. That s our pledge. We ask you who is the True Patriot who s the one who belongs in the .Senate? certainly not Chuck the Mas Sage is the message Robb Are you like Dan rather and Jane Fonda do you think Ollie belonged in prison alongside crack head mayors who cheat on their wives you Ever see Ollie s family we be enclosed a snapshot for you it s just the handsomest Dunchof heterosexual god fearing americans you la Ever bump into. Ollie has never used crack or anything else in american. Although once on a highly secret Mission for his country hews forced to repeatedly eat pita bread. Now that s bravery. We need Ollie. We need Ollie because the government is Selling honest Ameri cans Down the River what with socialized Medicine and welfare and the draft dodger in the White House taking away our ak-47s. ,. What s hard to figure out is How we got into this mess. On one hand you be got the . Ofa., pretty much the Best darn country that Ever was. And then you be got . Government which is pretty much the darn worst. It s hard to see Why we keep electing Crooks and socialists and homosexuals and secular humanists to High office. We know it s the Media s fault. And we re pretty sure it s also got something to do with having no prayer in school. Charges in the soldiers and marines on patrol in Haiti today have More to worry about than hostile fire from those opposed to the return of Jean Bertrand Aristide. They also have to be concerned about being court mar titled for negligent homicide or dereliction of duty if things go at least is the feeling of those who believe that the filing of court martial charges earlier this month against air Force it. Col. Randy w. May and five other officers has set a potentially damaging new precedent. May is the f-15 Eagle Pilot who destroyed one of the two . Black Hawk helicopters shot Down Over Iraq last april. The Downing killed All 26aboard both copters. The other officers were aboard the a acs airborne warning and control system aircraft responsible for monitoring both the attack planes and the Heli copters. In the past such Legal action was almost unheard of in Friendly fire incidents. In a gust 1966, for example our infantry battalion had seized the Edge of a Viet Cong Trench line in the Jungle West of Lai Khe and was under heavy enemy attack. An airstrike was called in to relieve the pressure but when the napalm canisters were released they Hung for a split second too Long and suddenly our command Post was a sea of need honest men. Ollie North is the one Man who Speaks the truth when Ever he thinks it s the Best thing for America no matter what anti gun baby killers say about him. Of we know you re wondering about , who used to be Ollie s Boss at the White House where we Hope Ollie will live someday. Here s what that Pill sucking suicidal Mcfarlane says about Ollie he lies to me tothe Congress to the president. This is not somebody you want in Public on the positive Side he says Ollie is Check of a Saluter. You have to understand what s going on Here. Mcfarlane is a Man desperately trying to sell books. Ollie North who reads Only Tom Clancy novels and the Bible asks the question Don t we have enough books in this country already Don t worry about what you be heard the Gipper say about Ollie. We can Only guess that the former president now pos Sibly in his mid-90s, is an innocent says he can t remember much about Iran Contra. For All we know or. Rea Gan May have Ollie mixed up with George Bush. You can t Trust anyone these Are handing out condoms and telling our children it s of to have two mommies. And fifth columnists Barbara Bush and Nancy Reagan who we always thought did Justice to the lady part of first lady unlike a certain Hillary person suddenly announce that they re both pro abortion. Next thing you know they la Tell us Rush Limbaugh was seen at a Dunkin donuts sharing Bon Mots and decaf cof fee with George Mcgovern. We Don t have to Tell you these Are dangerous times. The cold War May be Over a War that Ollie North fought so bravely to win but the cultural War is just beginning. Ollie wants to be your sol Dier again. Right now he s leading in the polls inthe Virginia.Senate race meaning the liberals and the vegetarians and Phil Donahue will be telling More lies about Ollie. Here s what we ask you to remember while you re writing that generous Check if anyone s going to he it should be us. We know what we re doing. Yours in the one True Way friends of Oliver North c balt More Sun Soblick Case warning Harry g. Summers several american soldiers were killed and Man wounded but even among those of us who were burned in the inferno there was never any thought of blaming the fighter Pilot who dropped the napalm or the for Ward air controller who directed the attack it was an unfortunate Accident of War confirming the infantry axiom that when you want air or artillery fire support bad you Are All too liable to get it then the charges against May and the Crew of the a acs that s the question i posed to several air Force f-15 Eagle fighter pilots including two senior offi cers who had flown similar missions Over Iraq during the persian Gulf War As Well As other army Navy and Marine veterans who had been under fire in combat one of the f-15 pilots thought the charges were a travesty for his Reading of the situation was that the f-15 pilots had not been alerted As they should have been to the presence of Friendly aircraft in the area and that they had followed All the rules of engagement to the letter. What followed was a tragic Accident but an Accident another f-15 Veteran had an entirely differ ent Reading. His View was that notwithstanding the Lack of prior Alert of Friendly aircraft in the area the pilots Hada solemn duty to confirm visually that the Heli copters were indeed soviet made iraqi Hinds and not . Black Hawks before shooting them from the belief was that the pilots were trigger Happy and All too anxious to Maple a kill. That demonstrated a unconscionable Lack of professionalism he believed and a court martial for dereliction of duty was More than justified. Most of the other combat veterans 1 spoke with agreed with that assessment. While there was some disagreement Over the charges of negligent homicide levelled against May there was no argument Over the charges of dereliction of duty against him and the others. That All believed was the Central Issue. If May and the others were indeed Fol lowing the rules they should be cleared by the article 32 investigation the military equivalent of a grand jury that precedes a court martial. If they were not they should be brought to trial. Enacted by the Congress in 1950, and signed into la by president Truman in 1951, the uniform code of military Justice outlines chargeable offences including negligent homicide that Are similar to those under .civilian Law. However there Are some peculiarly Mili tary offences such As article 92, which includes dereliction in the performance of a discussion of this article states that a person is derelict in the performance of his duties when Hewil fully or negligently fails to perform them or when he performs them in a culpable inefficient manner. inefficiency is inefficiency for which there is no reasonable or just excuse. Thus if it appears that the accused had the ability and Opportunity to perform his duties efficiently but performed them inefficiently nevertheless he May be found guilty of this a court martial panel of their Peers will determine whether May and the other officers had a reasonable or just excuse for the Downing Over Iraq. In combat situations including Haiti today the excuse is usually that immediate action was necessary to save american lives. What May and company s excuse will be remains to be seen. C los Angeles times Syndicate
