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pending possible pardon:
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Referring to his own military experience, Buttigieg slammed Trump’s consideration of granting pardons to some service members who have either been accused or convicted of war crimes. One of those who has been considered for a pardon is former Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, who stands accused of murdering an ISIS prisoner and indiscriminately shooting at civilians.
"The idea that being sent to war turns you into a murderer is exactly the kind of thing that those of us who have served have been trying to beat back for more than a generation," Buttigieg said.
"For a president, especially a president who never served, to say he's going to come in and overrule that system of military justice undermines the very foundations, legal and moral, of this country," he said.
I think he's exactly right. I've asked the question here, with no one offering an explanation: what am I missing about the incompetence or inherent bias of our military judicial system that warrants a pardon before a trial? You could argue that it's damaging enough to toss out a ruling, but to never allow the process to happen in the first place, what message is that sending?
The devil made me do it the first time, second time I done it on my own - W