Worse Than Being Left Behind, American Soldier Clint Lorance Is Being Sacrificed At Home

In the best of circumstances it’s a sacrifice that only a select few are willing to make. Military service is not easy and those who answer that call need to be secure in the knowledge that their nation stands behind them. Under Hussein Obama that former assurance has degraded into the realm of a maybe. Deserters are now elevated and rewarded and those who serve with valor become targets who are punished and made examples of.

The Clint Lorance story is a troubling one in which a man enlisted voluntarily to serve his nation under extremely dangerous circumstances and as a result of events which took place during that service, is now imprisoned. The deaths of three Taliban insurgents, whose mission is to kill U.S. soldiers, have resulted in him being locked up for twenty years in Leavenworth Prison.

Lorance’s case is well known to many. He ordered his platoon to fire at three civilian males fitting the terrorist profile who were rushing their position, both on a motorcycle and subsequently on foot. Afghan soldiers in his platoon attempted hand signals and shouted at the suspected Taliban to stop, but they continued to approach aggressively.

First Lieutenant Lorance made a decision. The area was known to be full of terrorists, the chatter on radios indicated that his platoon was being observed and likely targeted. The unknown males were acting in an aggressive manner. Lorance had two choices. He could wait and see if they were suicide bombers and if they were the result would be dead Americans or he could use force to stop their approach. He chose the latter.

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