Parents of Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller call for resignation of top military leaders
“…The parents of the Marine officer who is jailed after posting a scathing video about the botched Afghan withdrawal slammed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Gen. Frank McKenzie – and called for their resignations.
Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller has landed in the brig after he ripped into military leadership following the devastating suicide bombing at the Kabul airport, which killed 13 US service members and scores of Afghans.
The officer announced he was resigning and walking away from a $2 million pension after 17 years of service.
His parents, Stuart Scheller Sr. and Cathy Scheller, said in an interview on “The Ingraham Angle” on Tuesday that their son is being unfairly punished as he sits in solitary confinement at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, NC, Fox News reported.
They expressed their anger at Milley, Austin and McKenzie, the commander of the US Central Command, saying they refused to take accountability during their earlier appearances at a Senate hearing.
“Our son called for accountability. Throughout the hearing today I don’t feel like they accepted accountability,” Scheller Sr. told host Laura Ingraham.
“I am extremely disappointed. It’s no coincidence in my opinion that they put a gag order on [Stuart Jr.] and they put him in prison the day before they had to appear in front of senators – and tomorrow in front of congressmen,” the father said
“I think that is fairly an act of cowardice,” he added…”
