Michelle Malkin - "The Marines vs. Haditha Smear Merchants"

"Yet another U.S. Marine, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani, had charges dropped Tuesday in the so-called Haditha massacre -- bringing the total number of Marines who've been cleared or won case dismissals in the Iraq war incident to seven. 'Undue command influence' on the prosecution led to the outcome in Chessani's case. Bottom line: That's zero for seven for military prosecutors, with one trial left to go...

[Rep. John] Murtha [D, PA] and company applied Queen of Hearts ('Off with their heads!') treatment to our own men and women in uniform while giving more benefit of the doubt to foreign terror suspects at Gitmo. It is worth recalling, because the press won't do it for you, what they concluded about the now-crumbling Haditha case in the summer of 2006 before a single formal charge had been filed...

Rep. Murtha -- the stab in the Marines' backs heard 'round the world: 'Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them, and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood.'

Relatives of the Haditha Marines have called for Congress to censure Murtha, who cuts and runs to the nearest elevator when questioned about the Haditha dismissals. He and the Haditha smear merchants have skated while the men and their families suffered global whippings on the airwaves and eternal demonization in print. Whose 'culture of impunity'?"