Louie Gohmert: “Now I want to turn quickly to the issue of some of our United States military personnel who have been unfairly treated…”

“Now I want to turn quickly to the issue of some of our United States military personnel who have been unfairly treated, people who saw it as their patriotic duty to sign up and serve this country, risk their lives and limbs and their life as a family member to serve this country. Greater love hath no one, Jesus told us, that they would be willing to lay down their lives for their friends, and that is what these people do. My group, my 4 years on Active Duty, we were never sent to combat, but we have, currently, a Secretary of the Department of Defense who is trying to stop efforts and came out and publicly--basically threatened the President, don't you dare try to right what you think are wrongs in people who I would tell you have been railroaded by a broken military justice system. The reason Congress created the UCMJ, where military members don't even get all the rights that we give to terrorists, to foreign terrorists illegally in our country--we don't give our military as many rights as they have. The reason we had to shortcut, or Congress did, back when the UCMJ was passed was because both sides of the aisle understood that, when you are in a combat theater, you don't have time to go back and have a thorough investigation, gather up all the forensic evidence and then come back and have a nice jury trial in America. You have got to deal with it quickly and then get back on the battlefield.…”