Clemency for Chief Warrant Officer Darrell Birt, Major Cathy Kaus, and Soldiers of the 656th Transportation Company

"Clemency NOW! Cannibalization has been a long time practice of the military in order to get a job done. I cant believe that anyone would consider using abandoned vehicles as stolen. That is just insane. Better our troops utilized them in the war effort th"

"All is fair in war. The government needs to get a grip. I'm disgusted that our troops are being prosecuted and persecuted by our own government. Somebody who never saw action is obviously behind hurting those who have."

"This is totally stupid!! And you wonder why good people don't want to join the Army?"

"Maybe our military should get more vehicles so this wouldn't happen. These men and women are doing the best job they can with what they have. They all deserve a medal of honor! Maybe some of these hot shots that want to discipline should go over there and"

"This is a typical and rediculous situation. From the detail I've read I'd have ordered those vehicles made operational and used to haul whatever to the front in a heartbeat and screamed clear to the Pentagon if interfered with, if they could have been use"

"As a former Ordnance Officer I was taught to do just what these officers were convicted of. These heros should receive commendations for initiative desire to accomplish the mission. The leaders need to get real!"

"And you wonder why morale is low???"

"let our troops do there work."

"Restore the rank and benefits for these brave men."

"What has my Army become? Where are the leaders? This is war, damnit!"

"Rumsfeld and Bush should be in jail, not these hero's who haven't been given the support they need to complete their missions properly."

"Cathy, my sister, has told our family that she still has total respect for the military. She hopes for clemency along with a discharge that is honerable. She hopes the military understands her actions were undertaken with the best interest of the country "

"They were doing what they had to do to save their company. How dare you prosecute them!!"

"I could not believe that an officer applying common sense judgement to a tactical situation could concevieble be treated as a common criminal."

"Without knowing all of the details, it would certainly appear that these soldiers acted in accordance with long standing practice in the military service. They may very well have used poor judgement, but the punishment appears extreme. They deserve, at th"

"S.O.P. Figure it out!"

"SOLDIERS DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THE JOB DONE WITHOUT INJURY OR CASUALTIES SHOULD BE COMMENDED AND NOT PUNISHED. PUT THE GUYS THAT ARE BEHIND THEIR DESKS OUT ON THE FRON LINE AND I BET THEY WOULD DO WHATEVER THEY COULD TO PROTECT THEM SELVES AS WEL"

"Complete whitewash!!"

"The disciplinary actions taken thus far will most definitely have an adverse effect on those who are sent to do a job that few want,, and then are second guessed every time they need to make a judgement call. They did what they needed to do to get the job"

"DO ONE THING RIGHT ON YOUR "WATCH""