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US Marines officer relieved of duties after video seeking 'accountability' over Afghanistan [View all]
Related: Marine commander says he’s been relieved over his viral video calling out military leaders for Afghanistan withdrawal (Task and Purpose)
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Source: The Guardian
US Marines officer relieved of duties after video seeking ‘accountability’ over Afghanistan
Stuart Scheller condemned US senior leadership in social media post, criticising ‘perceived ineptitude’
Martin Pengelly
@MartinPengelly
Fri 27 Aug 2021 22.57 BST
A US Marine Corps lieutenant colonel who posted a video demanding accountability from military leaders over the evacuation of Afghanistan has been relieved of his duties and will leave US service, the Marines and the officer involved said on Friday.
Stuart Scheller posted his video to Facebook and LinkedIn on Thursday, the day 13 US service members, 11 of them Marines, and reportedly as many as 170 Afghans, were killed in a suicide bomb attack at the airport in Kabul.
“I have been fighting for 17 years,” said Scheller, then commander of the advanced infantry training battalion. “I am willing to throw it all away to say to my senior leaders: ‘I demand accountability.’”
Scheller said he knew someone killed in Kabul, but was making his video “because I have a growing discontent and contempt for … perceived ineptitude at the foreign policy level, and I want to specifically ask some questions to some of my senior leaders.”
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Stuart Scheller condemned US senior leadership in social media post, criticising ‘perceived ineptitude’
Martin Pengelly
@MartinPengelly
Fri 27 Aug 2021 22.57 BST
A US Marine Corps lieutenant colonel who posted a video demanding accountability from military leaders over the evacuation of Afghanistan has been relieved of his duties and will leave US service, the Marines and the officer involved said on Friday.
Stuart Scheller posted his video to Facebook and LinkedIn on Thursday, the day 13 US service members, 11 of them Marines, and reportedly as many as 170 Afghans, were killed in a suicide bomb attack at the airport in Kabul.
“I have been fighting for 17 years,” said Scheller, then commander of the advanced infantry training battalion. “I am willing to throw it all away to say to my senior leaders: ‘I demand accountability.’”
Scheller said he knew someone killed in Kabul, but was making his video “because I have a growing discontent and contempt for … perceived ineptitude at the foreign policy level, and I want to specifically ask some questions to some of my senior leaders.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/27/us-marines-stuart-scheller-video
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