BY CHRIS ENLOE | The Blaze
The Marine officer who was fired after speaking out against top military leadership for the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal has issued a new warning to those same leaders.
What is the background?
Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller went
viral last Thursday after posting a video online demanding
accountability for senior military leaders who helped President Joe Biden
facilitate the now-deadly Afghanistan withdrawal.
In the video, Scheller explained that he had questions
for his "senior leaders," and inquired whether those leaders bucked
details of the White House's Afghanistan withdrawal plan, such as the decision
to surrender Bagram Air Base.
"Did anyone do that? And when you didn't think to do
that, did anyone raise their hand and say, 'We completely messed this up?'"
he said.
Later in the video, Scheller directly blamed "senior
leaders" for letting down the country. He called out Defense Secretary
Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, and
Marine Commandant Gen. David H. Berger.
"The reason people are so upset on social media
right now is not because the Marine on the battlefield let someone down,"
Scheller said. "That service member always rose to the occasion and has
done extraordinary things. People are upset because their senior leaders let
them down and none of them are raising their hands and accepting accountability
or saying 'we messed this up."
On Friday, Scheller revealed on Facebook that he had been "relieved
for cause based on a lack of trust and confidence."
What is Scheller saying now?
The decorated Marine spoke to the New York Post and issued a warning about
accountability coming for top military leaders.
"The baby boomer's turn is over," Scheller
said. "I demand accountability, at all levels. If we don't get it, I'm
bringing it."
According to the Post, Scheller also quoted Thomas
Jefferson, saying, "every generation needs a revolution."
The New York Post also spoke to Scheller's father, Stuart
Scheller Sr., who described his son as "the real deal, a Marine's
Marine."
"People will follow him to the ends of the earth. He
has put his life on the line for fellow Marines so putting his career on the
line like this does not surprise us," Scheller Sr. said. "It's
interesting that no one [in the military] has answered his call for
accountability. Their answer was to fire him I guess. It's a sad day for
America."
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