>Could it be he wants to talk to the American people about the corruption aka. the Deep State? We'll see. CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina ― Despite his defense counsel denouncing the charges as a “laundry list of grievances” meant to appease general officers, a Marine colonel who had taken to social media to demand accountability from senior leaders about failures in Afghanistan pleaded guilty to all charges against him. Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller will resign his commission, per a plea agreement confirmed at a special court-martial trial held Thursday morning at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. In the trial’s sentencing phase, which started Thursday afternoon, he faces a maximum punishment of forfeiting two thirds pay for twelve months. He also will receive a punitive letter of reprimand. Scheller, who appeared to be mostly relaxed on Thursday, seemed to understand his fate, saying, “Either people love me or hate me,” acknowledging that his continued service in the Marine Corps would be a “distraction.” Questions by the judge, Col. Glen Hines, focused not so much on Scheller’s motivations, but rather the impact that his comments had on good order and discipline. Scheller’s first viral video showed him speaking in uniform and was posted to Facebook and LinkedIn on Aug. 26 after 11 Marines, one Navy corpsman and one soldier were killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul. That first video, which as of Thursday had nearly 1.5 million views on Facebook and LinkedIn combined, garnered him much support and attention, but after that, “the system had turned its back against me,” Scheller said Thursday. In the video he asked if the secretary of defense or chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which includes the Marine Corps commandant, had thrown their rank on the table and said, “Hey, it’s a bad idea to evacuate Bagram Airfield, a strategic air base, before we evacuate everyone? 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.’” More at link.