Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer argues U.S. military leadership has become too political on 'Fox & Friends.'
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The last thirty days our son, has
the last thirty days. Our son has
spoke his truth and he is a
very proud american, a very
proud marine, a very principled
man and he stood his ground
and thats. What the Marines had
taught him.
He only spoke because what
he saw happening and Kabul he
couldnt take it.
He had to speak out.
He had to stand his ground
Steve and he did
there. You have an emotional
response from the parents of a
former Marine LT, Colonel Stuart
Sheller, who was jailed hes
been thrown in for criticizing
the militarys withdrawal from
Afghanistan.
This comes as top generals are
set to testify again today, this
time before house lawmakers
on what went wrong over there
here to react: Fox NEWS,
contributor and marine veteran
and medal of Honor Recipient
Dakota Meyer
Dakota Good Morning
Good morning,
Steve, so they threw that LT
colonel in the Marines did
because they couldnt stop him
from tweeting out. Why is this?
Why is the military supervisors?
Why are they not being held
accountable for what went wrong?
Yeah look
first off the military is a
little bit different place to
work and to be able to freedom
of speech in the military is
always something thats back and
forth of what that exactly means
right.
I dont understand what grounds
that the military has put him in
in the brig for, but this is
what the military does.
What it tells me, though, is that
either that theyre worried
about what this guy is going to
say.
I just dont think that this is
the right way to handle this.
I think that look this man
wants answers. This man came out
and literally asked the same
questions that all of us are
asking, and I just think
that this is a terrible move.
I just dont understand what we
dont know yet of what regards
do. They think this was going to
be a smart move to put this man
behind bars.
As you seen an administration
or you seen, someone try to do.
Look at Eddie Gallagher, they
tried to put him behind bars.
They tried to shut him up
multiple times all these things
and that did not work out in
their favor. At all, so I just
dont understand how they
thought this was wrong
to me. In my opinion, it just
shows me that our military
leadership has gotten so
political and that, with the left,
they feel so empowered that they
feel like they can do whatever
they want and theyre not going
to be held accountable, which is
what were seeing with the top
generals. So why would they think
any different? But I dont think
this is a smart move for them,
and this is really going to come
back and get them
Steve. They just wanted to
censor him and thats where
hes sitting on this Wednesday
morning,
you mentioned the top generals.
They were all on Capitol Hill
yesterday talking to the Senate,
they are going to be back today
talking to the house, but
yesterday Dakota, it was very
clear. Their story is much
different than Joe Biden.
Joe Biden said on tv forty days ago,
yeah, I cant recall
anybody telling me to leave
two thousand five hundred people on the ground in
Afghanistan.
Yesterday, they all said yeah,
we told them ultimately were
not going to tell you a lot
about what we told them, but we
told them that
well. This is Joe Bidens
first real job where hes had to
have accountability.
You know Joe Biden has been
able to for his entire career
kind of walk around and skirt
the one thing: responsibility
and accountability in any of his
jobs right.
He was vice president. He walked
around and smiled and you know
wave his hand and President
Obama would have to take the
blame.
Look theres. Nobody who doesnt
want to be president anymore
than Joe Biden right now
with all the heat hes taking.
So I think that thats part of
it
he just thinks. Well, I dont
remember
ive got a lot going on.
I dont remember saying this,
which I think is such a cop out
answer and theres no way that
thats true, but they believe
they can lie to the american
people so much and that the
american people will take it
and if they keep saying it over
and over and over again that
the american people will then
believe it, and that is where we
have a huge issue. With this
I mean youve got a general
youve got the joint chief of
staff. I mean hes, just an
advisor
hes, not even in charge of
anybody.
Hes the advisor to the
President of the United States.
He has no power, so, of course
the administration doesnt have
to take his advice, but I think
that what one of the big issues
we have is that the joint chief
admitted to treason
to collusion with the chinese
government without having the
presidents authority under
the Trump Adminitration, and I
dont understand how hes not in
prison, not in the brig and
youve got Lt Colonel Shell
Erin, the brig,
it doesnt make sense,
Steve General Milley said yeah.
I talked to Bob Woodward and it
didnt do anything that matters
so anyway, they are all back in
the hot seat today. Well, have it
here on Fox.
Transcript generated on 2021-10-08.