By Selwyn Duke
What do you call a government in which incompetence and iniquity are rewarded and honor and duty are punished? Some call it the government we now have, and the latest example is an ex-Marine officer sitting in prison for criticizing the Keystone Kop military leaders responsible for the Afghanistan debacle. So intent are the powers-that-be on destroying this man, in fact, that his mother was prompted to lament, “They’re trying to bury our son.”
A 1985 Marines ad stated “We’re Looking for a Few Good Men,” and they certainly found one in Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller, Jr. After having served in the Marine infantry for 17 years and becoming a battalion commander, Scheller made a Facebook video that would go viral and which opened with the caption, “To the American leadership. Very Respectfully, US.” Made just after news emerged about the explosion in Kabul that killed 13 servicemen, Scheller said, “One of those people who was killed was someone I had a personal relationship with.”
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