Marine Lt. Col. Stu Sheller

I am writing to you not as a member of a political party but as a concerned American. You were elected as a member of the Democrat Party but your responsibility is to serve as an American for all of our citizens. I could write about many issues but will only comment on one issue and that is the imprisonment of a great patriotic Marine who has served his country faithfully for 17 years. He is in solitary confinement for speaking out against the outrageous disaster that has just occurred in Afghanistan. His trial will be swift, after which he will be sentenced for many years in prison. He has already lost his pension and health care for his wife and three small children. He certainly broke the code of silence that all military personnel are required to adhere to. I am not aware of the normal punishment for doing so, but it appears to me and others I have spoken with that he has been singled out for swift punishment to discourage others who feel the same as he from also speaking out. I am requesting that you join with others and let him retire with dignity with an honorable discharge and his pension and health care be restored.