Retired Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher strikes back at SEALs who testified against him

[brooklynite]

Source: San Diego Union-Tribune

SAN DIEGO — A retired Navy SEAL whose war crimes trial made international news has launched a video attack on former SEAL teammates who accused him of murder, shooting civilians and who testified against him at his San Diego court-martial in June.

In a three-minute video posted to his Facebook page and Instagram account Monday, retired Chief Special Operator Edward Gallagher, 40, referred to some members of his former platoon as “cowards” and highlighted names, photos and — for those still on active duty — their duty status and current units, something former SEALs say places those men — and the Navy’s mission — in jeopardy.

Gallagher was accused of several war crimes by some of his platoon subordinates, including that he shot civilians and stabbed a wounded ISIS fighter in the neck, killing him, while in Iraq in 2017. He pleaded not guilty and was acquitted of most charges, but was convicted of posing for a photo with an Isis fighter’s corpse, a crime for which the jury reduced his rank.

The case and its fallout received extensive media coverage, especially among conservative outlets such as Fox News, where network personalities lobbied President Donald Trump on-air for months to intervene on Gallagher’s behalf.

Read more: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/military/story/2020-01-27/video-retired-navy-seal-eddie-gallagher-strikes-back-at-seals-who-testified-against-him?_amp=true

[Ilsa]

1. Straight out of trump's playbook --- revenge.

Fuck them both.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. People who indulge in revenge like this were no good in the first place. Disregard for life. . nt

[riversedge]

43. EXACTLY!!

[Ilsa]

2. Can they revoke his pension for doing this? nt

[SKKY]

45. No they can't. But even if they could...

...Trump would just executive order it back. Much like he did with his Trident.

[Javaman]

3. yet another right wing moron who equates a pardon with being innocent. nt

[pwb]

4. Disgraced navy seal is more like it.

.

[mpcamb]

38. Hey! Headline Writer! "Retired Navy War Criminal Eddie Gallager..." There. Fixed it.

[Liberalhammer]

5. He can add Traitor

To his war crimes now.

[pecosbob]

6. The military is a very small world

Those he doxxed are not likely to take this well, or to take it sitting down.

[highplainsdem]

7. Despicable.

[LaurenOlimina]

8. Yeah, that's actionable under the UCMJ for several reasons...

[AtheistCrusader]

9. Well, we already knew he is a massive scumbag.

[tulipsandroses]

10. I'm not a legal expert. But can he be charged for any crimes here? I really think people need to

to stop taking some of this shit! If there are laws to hold these deplorables accountable, then use them. I know Cyberstalking laws are sometimes unclear, but certainly given the fact that their lives could be in jeopardy, a smart DA could argue that this is indeed harassment meant to harm. Even if not criminally, they ought to pursue civil damages. I am sure they will be harassed by deplorables.

[Miguelito Loveless]

11. If he is charged, it better be with state crimes,

otherwise Trump will just pardon him again.

[sinkingfeeling]

12. Another RW American traitor.

[keithbvadu2]

13. "names, photos and -- for those still on active duty -- their duty status and current units,"

"names, photos and — for those still on active duty — their duty status and current units,"

Done by E-7 Gallagher.

Not a Chief.

[denbot]

28. E-7 is a Chief Petty Officer.

E-6 is a First Class Petty Officer, and E8 is a Master Chief Petty Officer.

[keithbvadu2]

30. Specifically calling him by pay grade instead of rank is an insult.

Specifically calling him by pay grade instead of rank is an insult.

E9 is MCPO

E8 is SCPO

https://www.factmonster.com/world/war/us-military-ranks

[dware]

31. E-8 is not a Master Chief Petty Officer,

E-8 is a Senior Chief Petty Officer.

[denbot]

35. Ugh, yup, my bad..

It’s been a while.

[SKKY]

46. And there is a huge, huge difference between being...

...called a “Chief”, and being called an E-7.

[slumcamper]

14. We are totally off the rails. This is unhinged.

In spite of Limbaugh, Fox, Infowars and the proliferation of countless "wacko" so-called "information" sites strewn across the Internet, whatever in the hell happened to individual people's--or groups for that matter--sense of civic decency. Gallagher's "entitled" behavior is the norm for far too many. Must we change the meaning of the acronym "USA" to "United States of Assholes"?

[Paladin]

16. Eat shit and die, war criminal. (nt)

[Midnight Writer]

17. Guy got a second chance, and reverts immediately to evil.

This will be what happens if Trump is acquitted.

He will immediately start a new round of fuckery.

[ArtTownsend]

36. You were right about Trump.

[marble falls]

18. Arrest him again. They arrested Scooter Libby for the same crap.

[dware]

32. He would have to be called back to active duty and prosecuted

under the UCMJ, as far as I know, he's committed no civilian crime.

[Calista241]

39. And he'd have to do it again once he's back on active duty.

[dware]

41. Correct. nt.

[Grokenstein]

19. Damn, what a brave, brave boy

...hiding behind Daddy Generalissimo Corpulente while actively endangering (former) "teammates."

Yo, trumpkin shitweasels--how you like him now?? "Oh, we're fine with it when one of our own does it."

[YOHABLO]

20. He's a psychopath just like Trump.

[keithbvadu2]

21. What is happening with the SEAL (war criminal) who admitted the killing?

Even though he cannot be prosecuted in the US, he is an admitted war criminal for the killing.

[Progressive Jones]

22. Why is he attacking people who could

make him disappear in the dead of night, never to be found alive?

[2naSalit]

26. +1

[dware]

33. Apparently he has a death wish.

I know plenty of Marine Recon who would love to do the job.

[oasis]

49. He's definitely on everyone's shit list. nt

[Yeehah]

23. When I was in the infantry, we called guys like this dirtbags

This dirtbag Gallagher is lower than whale shit.

[not_the_one]

25. That is the point.

The turd wants to do as much damage to our military as possible, while he can. He knows he is not going to get away with it forever.

He is a card carrying Putinist, loyal only to Putin. He longs to be an oligarch, just like Putin. For the turd it is all about power, money and revenge against those who "done him wrong".

[rabid_decline]

27. I just can't believe this!

I mean, I do believe it but I can’t belueve the egregiousness of it! That whole community as I’ve understood it is supposed to be compelled by an inner sense of honor and higher duty that asks nothing of garnering attention, accreditation, aggrandizement, etc. and that’s just the philosophical makeup of the individual. Haven’t even scratched the surface of the very real security risks.
When I was a kid, one of my dreams was to become a navy seal. Or special forces. I used to practice holding my breath (got as far as 3 minutes under water), I taught myself how to swim at breakneck speed with steel toed boots on for three miles in ditch banks... I did all sorts of crazy shit because I was all about that life back then and thought I’d get my way into it. I ended up deciding against it. And I’m glad of that. I can’t inagine how I’d feel after this piece of shit given props by Chrump would have affected me. Chrump literally turns everything and every one to shit.

[Skittles]

29. LOL

proving EXACTLY why he is a fucking DISGRACE

[live love laugh]

34. Thanks Trump. $&&@;://:#%! nt

[mackdaddy]

37. Civil Law suit. That is how they finally got OJ.

They should sue the bastard and take every penny he gets for the rest of his life.

Pardon that Orange Assholius.

[Calista241]

40. His military pension, like any pension or 401k, is protected from this kind of lawsuit.

And his pension will be fairly lucrative, since he had a shitload of combat deployments.

The Navy will probably just reassign his accusers.

[Kaleva]

44. Number of combat deployments has nothing to do with military pension

https://www.dfas.mil/retiredmilitary/plan/estimate.html

[Redleg]

42. He might be subject to legal action

if he has intentionally revealed classified information about his former platoon mates. Regardless, this is one more bit of evidence that Gallagher is a fucking deplorable. It was good that he is out of the navy- the armed forces don't need douche bags like Gallagher.

I am actually glad that some of his platoon members turned his ass in and testified against him. At least they were sickened by his actions and piss-poor leadership, unlike our deplorable "commander in chief."

[Yeehah]

47. The man has no honor

Just like the criminal who pardoned hium

[oasis]

48. Slimy rat scum. nt