Question 1: “So, we are letting murderers, rapists, and thieves go free?”
Answer: No! Absolutely not. This is Amnesty for Warriors – not Amnesty for rapists, pedophiles, thieves, or similar heinous acts.
We are asking the President to only consider specious charges of UCMJ Article 118 (Murder) from combat operations that occurred in war zones such as Syria, Iraq, or Afghanistan from September 11, 2001, through January 20, 2025, when he takes office.
Question 2: “Won’t this kill morale and discipline among the majority of law-abiding troops?”
Answer: No! In fact, the implementation of Amnesty for Warriors would increase the morale, discipline, and recruiting. Here’s why:
In the 1950s the Powell Commission was put together to study the UCMJ and Military Justice. The Commission determined that working for justice builds a disciplined fighting force. On the contrary, morale and discipline are affected when troops see the Military’s injustices.
Here are other facts that are detrimental to troop morale and discipline:
- Almost all of the previously detained terrorist enemies have been freed. In just one day 5,000 Taliban, including 150 on death row, were released to go back to their homes and battlefields.
- American soldiers would soon have to watch F-18 fighter jets launch off of aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean Sea that would attack the same terrorists released from Gitmo by the U.S. Government.
- The Biden Government worked with those same terrorists during our disastrous exit from Afghanistan, thus legitimizing their rule.
- The US Military left billions of dollars in equipment behind for those terrorists.
- No one above the rank of Staff Sergeant is currently incarcerated for a so-called war crime. No General officer has spent a day in the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, only lower enlisted.
To balance the Scales of Justice the President must support Amnesty for Warriors.
Question 3: “What is the risk to society?”
Answer: Simply put, there has never been a repeat offender of war crimes. Once they are removed from the battlefield, troops are not placed back into the same life-or-death struggles to survive. They are not walking around with a rifle in Iraq or Afghanistan. They are not flying target missions over U.S. cities with hellfire missiles.
It is important to note that these service members are the people who took an oath to protect the rest of us, yet for some unfortunate reason they found themselves on the wrong end of justice.
By not supporting Amnesty for Warriors, you would be telling potential recruits, and those due for reenlistment that if they make a mistake, in the worst of human situations the U.S. Government will free its enemies before they show mercy to their own soldiers. That is a true risk to society.
Question 4: “Has Post-War Amnesty been done before?”
Answer: Yes, hundreds of thousands of Americans have been granted amnesty throughout our Nation’s history! It has occurred after every major war our Nation has fought – except for the Global War on Terror. This has included actions from 15 different presidents – 6 were liberal, 7 were conservative, and 1 an independent. Countries from every continent have a history of post-war Amnesty as well.