Warrior Defense Fund....thoughts?

[Catchawave]

from email:

----- Original Message -----
From: Don Greenlaw
To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
Cc: 'Rick Van Luvender' ; 'Maj Bill Donahue USMC (Ret) ' ; Frank Albano
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 4:05 PM
Subject: Fw: The Warrior Fund: Legal Defense Fund for Accused Armed Forces Personnel...


BlankALCON:
The below article was written by MGySgt L. E.
Mc Cartney, USMC(Ret'd). It is well written and I
ask that you pass along to those in your address
book. For those folks who do not desire to donate
using the on-line process can mail donations as
follows: Payee: Warrior Fund

Address: Warrior Fund
c/o 5817 Starboard Drive
Suite #100
Greensboro, N.C. 27410

Example donation: $00.55
(Please always add the $.55)
Semper fi,
Don Greenlaw
----- Original Message -----
From: Major Bill Donahue USMC (Ret)
To: Albano, Frank ; Greenlaw, Capt USMC Ret ; Van Luvender, Richard
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 9:56 AM
Subject: FW: The Warrior Fund: Legal Defense Fund for Accused Armed Forces
Personnel...


FYI



Semper Fidelis

Major Bill Donahue USMC (Ret)

aka The Junglerat

"Integrity is not occasional"

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From: Lawrence E. McCartney
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 10:48 AM
To: Donahue, USMC (Retired), Major Bill
Subject: The Warrior Fund: Legal Defense Fund for Accused Armed Forces
Personnel...



All:
Please consider donating to The Warrior Fund, you can read about their
official status below and on the United American Patriots Web site at
http://www.unitedamericanpatriots.org/.

As a veteran of the Vietnam War I know what the young men and women now
serving our country are facing, also much like what U. S. police officers
face--only under far worse conditions--they have to make split-second life
and death decisions. They face a cruel and devious enemy who exploits our
laws yet seeks to deny them access to those very same laws.

Please understand, this is NOT a request for prejudgment of innocence, a
judgment is something only our court system, as weak as it is, can
determined. This is merely a request to assist in providing our soldiers,
sailors, airmen, and Marines with the same quality legal representation as
is afforded to the enemy. You don't have to believe in the war to believe
in the American men and women who have gone where their country--that's all
of us--sent them and do what we asks.


Semper Fidelis!!! ~~ Larry


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Lawrence E. McCartney
Master Gunnery Sergeant of Marines (Retired): 1967 - 1997
P. O. Box 355
Occoquan, Virginia 22125-0355
[phone]: Cell
[e-mail] or
[e-mail]


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"Therefore I say; know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you
will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the enemy but know
yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal. If ignorant both of
your enemy and of yourself, in every battle you will be in peril." ~~ Sun
Tzu


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For Public release NOW!
Announcing the formation of the Warrior Fund; A 501 (c) 3 legal defense fund
for service members accused of crimes due to service in combat


The Warrior Fund http://www.warrior-fund.org/

With the recent news regarding the incident in Haditha and Hamdania Iraq, a
group of former and retired Marines have decided to take action to ensure
that our military men are treated like American citizens and considered
innocent until proven guilty. As a result, we have formed The Warrior Fund
as a mission of United American Patriots, an IRS 501 (c) 3 organization, run
by Major Bill Donahue USMC (RET). Our goal is to raise funds to defray
legal fees incurred by members of our armed forces as a direct result of
their service in combat. The treasurer is William H. Porterfield, a
Certified Public Accountant who will handle the accounting issues of The
Warrior Fund.


They fought for us, now we shall fight for them.



Please take the time to visit our website and review our bylaws, biographies
of the Board members and the petition for assistance which must be completed
prior to any funds being disbursed.



Even though charges were formally filed, in the Hamdania case, an Article 32
investigation will now begin. It is imperative that the public is made
aware that the filing of charges in no way indicates that these men are
guilty, rather there remains the belief that all men are innocent until
proven guilty, which is a pillar of the American system of justice and a
core principle of the Warrior Fund.

The fact that any service member can be accused of a "war crime" by a
questionable source; we do not intend to disrespect the Iraqis that brought
charges, only to illustrate that we have no idea who they are, or their
level of integrity; and these allegations are taken seriously speaks volumes
about our American system of justice and our belief in the rule of law.
However attempts by the media and a certain irresponsible member of congress
to proclaim the guilt of these Marines without having seen a final report
from the investigators is sickening.



In closing, if you believe that these men deserve to be treated the same as
an average American citizen, please take the time to make a charitable
contribution which you may deduct from your income taxes. Any amount you
can spare will directly benefit these fine American warriors. In addition
to financial support we also need assistance in spreading the word about the
fund. Donations may be made online through paypal, or mailed to the address
on http://warrior-fund.org/


Very Respectfully,

Rick Van Luvender
President
The Warrior Fund
http://www.warrior-fund.org/

P.S. We would also like to invite all American's who claim to "hate the war
but support the troops" to donate to the Warrior Fund.

[Sweet Freedom]

1. Appears legit

http://www.oldwardogs.us/2006/07/the_warrior_fun_2.html

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UPDATE - Further research seems to confirm conclusively the legitimacy of The Warrior Fund, and to suggest that the previous problems were due to a series of technical glitches, now resolved. I think we can say, go ahead and contribute with confidence. Of course, if you want to contribute to both Warriors and Defenders, there's nothing wrong with that either. And if you're feeling successful and grateful, maybe a little something to the Angels...to help out the troops before they get in a jam.
<end>

However, if they truly want everyone to support their mission, perhaps they could ask those websites trying to support them to quit left-bashing (the guy at the above link posted "We do know that something shady's going on, but we aren't sure who the perpetrators or victims are at this point. It may be as simple as a lefty computer hack on a perfectly legitimate patriotic web site, or some of the Old War Dogs may have gotten sucked in by a scam.")

Another site:
http://www.blackfive.net/main/2006/07/the_warrior_fun.html

Comment below written by: Lisa Gilliam
This is another issue that our Government issue,that most of the American People haven't raised enough hell over?We should be all over the them demanding that they ban the ACLU,and some of these other left leaning "Lawyers"groups and warn them that if they even think of defending our enemies,that there is serious punishment involved.Man,I'm sick of Political Correctness in this society. <end>

(Apparently, she's sick of her keyboard spacebar as well.)

Interesting last post:
Comment below written by: Scott
I'm disappointed. I sent notice of this Fund to the twenty or so conservative blogs I read and not one of them has picked up on it or tracked back to this post. Bummer. <end>

My personal thoughts are that Americans are innocent until proven guilty and we all deserve legitimate and capable representation. By some of the other posts I read, it appears to be something the soldiers have wanted and needed. My brother is serving his second tour of duty in Iraq and his wife starts her first next month. If they ever needed legal representation, I would be grateful for a fund like this.