Parents of imprisoned Marine rip Biden admin's 'cowardice'

>> WE HAVE A SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THAT SAID THE AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES COULD WITHSTAND THE TALIBAN OFFENSE. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO ADVISE ON MILITARY POLICIES AND A MARINE COMMANDER. ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO ADVISE. THOSE PEOPLE DIED IN VAIN. WE DON'T HAVE SENIOR LEADERS THAT OWN UP AND SAY WE DID NOT DO THIS WELL IN THE END. >> Laura: THAT MAN A LT. COL. IS SITTING IN THE BRIG AND FACES A COURT MARTIAL FOR CALLING OUT THE INEPTITUDE OF THE MILITARY DECISION MAKING. WHILE HE IS IN JAIL, THE LEADERS PEDALLED EXCUSES FOR THEIR FAILURES IN IT AFGHANISTAN TODAY. >> THE WITHDRAWAL OF THOSE FORCES WOULD LEAD TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE AFGHAN MILITARY FORCES. >> YES, MY ASSESSMENT WAS BACK IN THE FALL OF 2020 AND REMAINED CONSISTENT WE SHOULD KEEP A STATE OF 2500 UP TO 3500. >> Laura: JOINING MOR THE LT. COL.'S PARENTS CATHY AND STU. YOUR REACTION TO YOUR SON'S IMPRISONMENT WHEN THEY WERE PLAYING THE BLAME SHIFTING GAME SAYING WE WOULD HAVE LEFT TROOPS THERE. YOUR RESPONSE? >> OUR SON CALLED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. THROUGHOUT THE HEARING TODAY I DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTABILITY. I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. IT'S NO COINCIDENCE IN MY OPINION THAT THEY PUT A GAG ORDER ON HIM AND THEY PUT HIM IN PRISON THE DAY BEFORE THEY HAD TO APPEAR IN FRONT OF SENATORS AND TOMORROW IN FRONT OF CONGRESSMEN. I THINK THAT IS FAIRLY AN ACT OF COWARDICE. WE ARE PROUD OF OUR SON. OUR SON IS A HERO. HE FOUGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY FOR 17 YEARS. HE'S BEEN ON 5 DEPLOYMENTS AND TAUGHT COUNTLESS MEN AND WOMEN. THE MARINES HAVE FAST TRACKED HIM IN HIS CAREER. UNTIL 30 DAYS AGO, HE WAS A HERO TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE MARINE CORPS. ON AUGUST 26th, WHEN 13 OF OUR SERVICEMEN DIED IN THE KABUL AIRPORT, SOMETHING INSIDE OF OUR SON SNAPPED. HE WAS ANGRY. HE IN PRINCIPLE -- HE IS A VERY COURAGEOUS AND PRINCIPLED MAN -- BUT WITH THAT HAPPENED, HE HAD TO GO AND ASK HIS LEADERS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. HE HAD MANY ACTIVE DUTY MARINES AND VETERANS WERE ASKING IS IT WORTH IT? HE CALLED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND WITHIN 12 HOURS THEY REMOVED HIM FROM HIS POSITION. IT'S BEEN DOWNHILL FROM THERE. >> Laura: CATHY, YOUR SON IS IN MILITARY PRISON TONIGHT. AS A MOTHER, WHEN YOU WATCH GENERAL MARK MILLEY ASKED POINT BLANK IF HE WOULD RESIGN, I WANT YOUR REACTION AFTER WE PLAY HIS ANSWER. >> THERE IS A SENIOR MILITARY OFFICER, RESIGNING IS A SERIOUS THING AND A POLITICAL ACT IF I RESIGN IN PROTEST. MY DAD DIDN'T GET A CHOICE TO RESIGN AND THOSE KIDS DON'T GET A CHOICE TO RESIGN. I WILL UNDERSTAND RESIGN. NO WAY. >> Laura: HE SAID RESIGNING WOULD BE TURNING HIS BACK ON THE TROOPS. YOUR THOUGHTS? >> MY THOUGHTS ARE, OUR SON SAID TO HIM IF YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS A BAD IDEA, ARE YOU WILLING TO SAY I WON'T PUT OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN PERIL? HE SAID HAVE DROPPED THE REIN AND RESIGNED AND SAID I WILL NOT DO THIS IT TO OUR MEMBERS. HE DIDN'T DO THAT. LET ME EXPLAIN WHY THE ACCOUNTABILITY IS SO IMPORTANT. DURING THE WAR IN LAST 20 YEARS WE LOST AROUND 7,000 TROOPS. WE HAVE LOST IN THE LAST 20 YEARS BETWEEN 30 UP TO 100,000 TROOPS FROM SUICIDE. THEY NEED THAT ACCOUNTABILITY. THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY DID MATTERED. SO MANY LIVES TO BE SAVED ON THE BACK SIDE BY BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE. I SAY TAKE THAT REIN AND PUT IT DOWN AND STAND UP FOR YOUR OTHER SERVICE MEMBER AND FOR MY SON AND FOR AMERICA. >> Laura: GO AHEAD. >> BASICALLY, THEY LET HUNDREDS OF AMERICANS IN AFGHANISTAN. THEY ARE LEAVING OUR SON TONIGHT IN IT PRISON. THAT'S NOT OKAY WITH US. I CHALLENGE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? IS IT OKAY WITH YOU THAT A 17-YEAR INFANTRY OFFICER THAT PUT HIS LIFE ON THE LINE TO PROTECT YOU AND PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN, IS IT OKAY WITH YOU THAT HE IS PUT IN JAIL AND IS FACING A COURT MARTIAL. HE DIDN'T MURDER ANYONE OR SEXUALLY OFFEND ANYONE OR DO DRUGS. HE ASKED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. THEY COULD NOT HANDLE IT. IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT. IT'S SHAMEFUL. IF IT'S NOT OKAY FOR YOU, AMERICANS, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO STAND UP, WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMAN, DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY. IT'S NOT JUST ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE BOTCHED AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL OR PEOPLE LEFT BEHIND. THE ONLY ONE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS BOTCHED SITUATION IS MY SON BY THE GENERALS. >> Laura: I WANT TO PLAY THIS. YOU TOOK THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH. SENATOR COTTON ASKED DEFENSE SECRETARY AUSTIN ABOUT YOUR SON'S CONFINEMENT. >> THERE WAS A CRITICAL VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA LAST MONTH AND HE WAS RELIEVED OF HIS COMMAND. HE IS BEING HELD IN PRE-TRIAL CONFINEMENT. WHY IS THAT? >> I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFICS OF WHAT CAUSED HIM TO BE HELD IN PRE-TRIAL CONFINEMENT. I WOULD CERTAINLY ASK THE MARINES TO PROVIDE THAT INSIGHT. >> Laura: CATHY, HE IS THE PENTAGON CHIEF! THIS YOUNG MAN IS IN MILITARY JAIL. ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT AUSTIN HAS NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON? >> I COULD NOT BELIEVE THOSE WORDS CAME OUT OF HIS MOUTH. IF HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON, SHAME ON HIM IF HE IS TOTALLY UNAWARE. A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE AWARE. WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET THEM TAKE THEIR DIRTY LITTLE SECRET AND HIDE IT AWAY AND PUT OUR SON SO HE CAN'T SPEAK AND TAKE HIM AWAY FROM FREEDOM OF SPEECH SO THEY CAN HIDE THEIR LITTLE SECRET. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. >> Laura: JOE BIDEN COMPAINED AS A PRESIDENT THAT WOULD BRING ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESTORING DIGNITY -- THAT WAS A BIG PART OF HIS CAMPAIGN AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP TO WIN THIS ELECTION. HE IS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF NOW. YOUR SON VIOLATED ORDERS FROM YOUR COMMANDERS ACCORDING TO THE LAW? >> I GET THAT LT. COL. CAUSED PROBLEMS FOR THE MARINE CORPS AND THE MILITARY BY BREAKING THE CHAIN OF COMMAND. HE KNOWS IT. AND IT WILL BE TALKED ABOUT FOR DECADES IN THE FUTURE OF WHAT STEWART HAS DONE WITH SOCIAL MEDIA AND IT'S A PROBLEM FOR THE MARINE CORPS. WHILE STEWART BROKE THE CHAIN OF COMMAND, GENERAL McKENZIE AND GENERAL MILLEY AND SECRETARY AUSTIN BROKE THE CHAIN OF TRUST AND CONFIDENCE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. FOR THAT, THEY SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED. >> THEY IT SHOULD THEIR RANK AND RESIGN FOR THAT. >> TODAY'S HEARING SHOWED THEY WON'T ACCEPT ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE MISTAKES THEY MADE. THEY WANTED TO BLAME EVERYBODY ELSE -- THE AFGHAN MILITARY AND THE WEATHER. I AM TELLING YOU, THEY SHOULD RESIGN. >> Laura: SHOULDN'T THEY ARE FIRED? >> YOU AND I BOTH KNOW JOE BIDEN IS NOT GOING TO FIRE THEM. >> FOR MY SON WE HAVE TO GET WORD OUT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON. HE NEEDS OUR HELP. WE ARE ASKING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO WRITE THEIR CONGRESSMAN TO SAY IT'S NOT ALL RIGHT WITH THEM. WE WANT THEM TO RESIGN AND WE WANT STUART RELEASED. WE WOULD LIKE HIM TO HAVE HIS PENSION REINSTATED AND HIS MILITARY BENEFITS THAT HE WILL NEED. IF THEY WON'T DO THAT AT LEAST RELEASE HIM AND LET HIM OUT OF THE MARINES. HE ASKED FOR THAT. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR. WE ARE ASKING FOR PEOPLE TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY BY GOING TO PIPEFITTERSFOUNDATION.ORG. HIS FAMILY NEEDS FUNDING TO LIVE. >> Laura: THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. THE LEGAL FEES. WE WILL WORK ON THAT. THIS IS RIDICULOUS! THIS IS A TRAVESTY WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR SON. >> WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUING WILL BE OVER IN DAYS OR WEEKS, BUT WE OUR EXPECTATION VISIT BEEN LEVELED BY STUART'S LEGAL TEAM THAT THE MARINES COULD DRAG THIS OUT FOR YEARS. THEIR OBJECTIVE -- AND BY THE WAY, PRE-TRIAL CONFINEMENT IS A NICE COMFORTABLE WORD. >> Laura: IS YOUR SON A FLIGHT RISK? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. >> NO. HE LOVES THIS COUNTRY. HE LOVES AMERICA. >> Laura: SO THEY DON'T WANT HIM TO TALK? THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT ELSE HE MIGHT SAY? >> THEY DON'T WANT HIM TO TALK. THEY HAVE NOT EVEN BROUGHT CHARGES ON HIM AND THEY ARE HOLDING HIM IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. >> IF THAT'S NOT OKAY -- >> Laura: THEY SEEM TO LIKE SOLITARY CONFINEMENT LATELY. ALL OF THE CIVILIAN RIGHTS FOLKS SAID IT WAS CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT BUT LOOSE IT AGAINST POLITICAL OPPONENTS. -- USE IT. YOUR SON'S STATE OF MIND? >> I DON'T KNOW. I CAN'T TALK TO HIM. HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE PHONE CALLS. >> WE TALKED TO HIM FOR 2 MINUTES ON MONDAY MORNING. >> Laura: THIS CAN'T BE OUR COUNTRY. >> IT'S NOT LIKE THE MARINE CORPS IS CALLING US TO LET US KNOW. >> Laura: WOULD HAVE THIS HAPPENED UNDER TRUMP? >> NO, WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE BOTCHED EXIT UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP. IN MY OPINION. I DON'T THINK STU WOULD HAVE DONE WHAT HE DID AND PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD HAVE STEPPED IN. >> Laura: THIS STORY IS NOT GOING AWAY. I BET THE COUNTRY IS WITH YOU. WE WILL KEEP IN IT TOUCH WITH YOU AND GET THE

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Published: Wed Sep 29 2021