Retired commandos critical of Trump’s reported ‘Memorial Day’ pardons
“It’s not going to have a good effect on the force,” said a retired senior special operations officer. “People might see it as supporting the troops. It’s not supporting the troops. This will not go well.”
Earlier this month, however, Trump pardoned Michael Behenna, who served five years in prison after being convicted of murdering a prisoner as a lieutenant in the Army’s 101st Airborne Division. That single pardon drew sharp public criticism from some former military personnel. If Trump pardons Gallagher on Memorial Day, it will be before the SEAL’s court-martial, which was scheduled to begin on May 28, but was delayed this week by the judge following claims that the Navy prosecutors spied on defense attorneys and a reporter).
Such fears are overblown, according to retired Army Command Sgt. Maj. Mike Hall, who served as the senior enlisted adviser for all U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010. Trump’s reported plans are “unfortunate,” but the armed forces’ culture of adherence to the law means service members are still likely to report serious wrongdoing in the future, said Hall, who also served as the command sergeant of Joint Special Operations Command from 2000 to 2001.
But a retired Special Forces colonel who has commanded in combat disagreed that the pardons would encourage U.S. service members to commit future war crimes. “It won’t spread, it won’t contribute to ill discipline,” he said. “Nobody’s going to be able to count on the president pardoning them if they do something wrong.”
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