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​If you were a strong and able man and saw a situation where a boy was kept in chains and regularly raped and abused by a grown man, what would you do?

If your heart was in the right place, you would probably free the boy and land a couple of good punches on the nose of the pervert who enslaved him.

Well that's exactly what Green Beret Sgt. 1st Class Charles Martland did to an Afghan commander who kept a young boy chained and sexually abused him and the thanks he got from the United States Military was to be kicked out of the Army.

How could this be a wrong act and how could the Army go against one of its own who had the decency to stand up for a helpless child? Is the American Military in the business of placating child rapists have we become so politically correct that we ignore the morally correct and allow this, worst of all crimes to take place in our presence without reacting the way Sgt. Martland did?

The Muslims strongly condemn homosexuals but if you were to confer with anybody who guarded Muslim prisoners during the Iraq War you'll get a different story.

And it seems that - at least in Afghanistan - pedophilia is accepted and it's perfectly permissible for a male to keep an underage boy for a sex slave and from all indications it's a fairly common practice.

Is this the way of life American soldiers are fighting and dying to preserve?

Are these the kinds of allies we commit our blood and treasure to?

Where was the United Nations, where was the loud condemnation of this accepted perversion and why was it not on the front pages of the New York Times and the lead story on the NBC Evening News?

And why would the powers that be court martial a loyal and dedicated American soldier for throwing a couple of punches at a scumbag who obviously deserved much worse.

Who are we fighting for in Afghanistan and why has no high up political or military official come forth to defend Sgt. Martland?

I think America needs to step back and take a long look at what we're doing.

Are we training Afghan troops to defend and proliferate a society that condones the rape of children?

Why is a single member of ISIS still walking the earth when they should have been destroyed years ago and would be if we had a president who had some cojones and was not surrounded by flower children and academics who know as much about eradicating ISIS as a mule knows about a helicopter?

Why does ISIS have one oil well that is still pumping or a petroleum hauler that still functions?

Why is every avenue of finance and supply not cut off to them?

Why has the destruction of ISIS not been turned over to Special Forces command with the equipment and autonomy to do whatever it takes to totally eradicate this evil?

And why would a president, who is a father, stand by and watch a loyal son of America be disgraced for defending a helpless child?

Shameful.

What does America even stand for anymore?

At the end of April, some common sense finally prevailed and the Army removed Sgt. Martland from their QMP list, which allows him to stay in in the Army.

Justice at last.

Sgt. Martland, I want you to know that there are many, many of us out here in flyover country who are literally ashamed of the way you were treated.

I salute you, sir, and thank you for the years you spent defending my nation, my family and my way of life.

What do you think?

Pray for our troops and the peace of Jerusalem

God Bless America

Charlie Daniels