Crumbling...

The Left’s hopes and desires for an Iraq My Lai, received a mortal blow just a few hours ago as the charges against Lt. Colonel Jeffrey Chessani for failing to properly investigate the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha in November of 2005 were dismissed. Chessani is the highest-ranking officer to face criminal charges in the Haditha incident.

The Prosecution has until Friday to refile the charges as the judge dismissed them without prejudice. Story here.

"A total of eight Marines were initially charged in 2006 over the case but prosecutors have struggled to make the allegations stick.

So far seven of the accused have either been acquitted or had charges withdrawn before court martial.

Chessani's acquittal on Tuesday leaves just one defendant -- Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich -- facing prosecution. Wuterich's trial has been scheduled for later this year."

We’re not holding our breath for any reaction from Congressman Murtha. We’ll have something more on the Murtha later that we think you all will enjoy.

UPDATE #1:After reviewing this post, we realized that our contention that some people here in the states have been less-than-supportive of our troops and the military, in general, has been somewhat misguided. The fact that we alluded, without any hard evidence, that some of our elected leaders were invested in the defeat of this country’s forces in Iraq and elsewhere was reckless and yes…. divisive. As surely as some of these same leaders have seen the error of their ways and will be coming forward to apologize, we offer to these same people our own humblest apology.