Are our priorities wrong: Marine in Mexican Jail

MSgt Keith Hebert — Mon, 26 May 2014 22:54:11 -0400

We can send help to get those 300 girls but we are unable to get a single
Marine out of a Mexican jail.
I know we do not know the whole story but from all the articles I have read our gov. Is doing little if anything. If I am reading this wrong please let me know.
But it burns my backside just watching or state department do nothing about this

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made May 26 at 2014 11:07 PM

1LT Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 26 May 2014 23:07:45 -0400

MSgt Herbert,

Do you have any more details you can provide about the Marine in a Mexican jail?

If you are talking about Sgt Andrew Tahmooressi - active negotiations are underway.

He was arrested on weapons charges. There will be a preliminary hearing Wednesday.

Warmest Regards, Sandy

http://nypost.com/2014/05/25/marine-hero-stuck-in-mexican-prison-on-gun-charges/

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/05/24/fate-jailed-marine-lies-with-unpredictable-mexican-legal-system/

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made May 27 at 2014 7:30 AM

SFC Michael Hasbun — Tue, 27 May 2014 07:30:19 -0400

One is a group of kidnapped children, the other was a gentleman who was legally arrested on weapons charges. There's a vast gulf between those two situations. Having said that, negotiations are supposed to be underway.

Response by SPC Charles Brown made Jun 1 at 2014 1:18 AM

SPC Charles Brown — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 01:18:25 -0400

Maybe there are some terrorists we can trade to Mexico to get this Marine home. It worked to get a PFC/SGT back from Afghanistan.

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 1 at 2014 5:09 PM

Sgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 17:09:06 -0400

I wouldn't say our priorities are wrong. I would say that we don't really know enough as "out of the loop masses" for all of us to get comfortable with how things are going. Personally, I support the President, the administration, and all former regardless of political position. I feel this is my duty as a citizen regardless because we need each administration to succeed. They don't fail alone, we fail as a country. Foreign policy, constitutionally, has always been an area that America gives great discretion to the President. The laws are set up to support him that way and I don't have a problem with that. We are seeing for the first time in many years how America would deal with foreign policy with a tilt towards greater reliance on diplomatic approaches that do not involve as many overt military operations (or as many troops on the ground). Diplomacy is an escalation. With this approach as with military ones, there is much going on behind the scenes that cannot be put in the media for obvious security reasons. As such, we can't rely on the headlines. (We should probably never rely completely on the headlines) We have to rely on the intellect and abilities of our leadership and support them as best we can. Face it, this is the reality of democracy. It's not always pretty but it's the best the we know of. I think an issue here is that the masses are much less likely to challenge a military leader on what war approach to take than they are a civilian on which world issues to address first. They have no clue how and when troops should deploy and what they should do. It seems much more reasonable to question why we take one diplomatic approach in one country and a totally different one in another. The good news is that, regardless of your political bent or personal opinion, this is a forum where people care. The reality is that many of the masses do not.

Response by SSG (ret) William Martin made Jun 4 at 2014 3:25 AM

SSG (ret) William Martin — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 03:25:21 -0400

Why hasn't Susan Rice come out to say anything for the Marine? Wait, that's because it would be a noble and honorable cause to get the Marine out of the Mexican jail.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 21 at 2014 7:32 AM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 07:32:33 -0400

Sadly enough it is "old news" and many have forgotten ( I have not though). There are many possible solutions but who knows what will truly be done.

Response by PO1 Sheldon Martin made Sep 10 at 2014 2:53 PM

PO1 Sheldon Martin — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:53:33 -0400

Those kids were innocent,300 were taken from their family and not one country, even their's offered to help. what was the purpose of this Marine riding with guns in his car? what a show force? is he that clueless? or may be he was running guns? you must not never deployed to any country because if you did America stands up to bullies and terrorist. You should think before you write non-sense.