‘They’re Going To Kill Me Here:’ U.S. Marine Predicted Own Brutal Murder By ‘Ally’

WASHINGTON — They say there is nothing more devastating than losing a child.

Imagine, then, what it must be like to have a son predict his own brutal murder, and stand by helplessly as his prediction comes true.

WND’s camera was rolling as Greg Buckley Sr. summoned all his strength and told the heartbreaking story of his Marine son’s violent death to the crowd at the “Reclaim America” rally across the street from the White House Tuesday.

Visibly shaken and struggling to keep his emotions in check, it obviously took all the willpower the proud father could muster to tell how Lance Cpl. Greg Buckley Jr. was shot to death by a supposed ally – one of the Afghans the U.S. military is assigned to train and protect.

Buckley Sr. recounted how his son, safely stationed in Hawaii, volunteered in March 2012 to replace an injured buddy slated to go to Afghanistan.

The Marine was sent to Forward Operating Base Delhi, and it quickly became apparent that all was not well there.

When Buckley Jr. predicted his own death, his father could not understand: The Marine should be safe because he was not on the battlefield.

But his son would explain why he felt being on the base with the people he was supposedly there to protect was so much more dangerous than being in combat.

‘You don’t understand how bad it is here’

The Marine told his father about training the Afghan police and described their chief as “a bad guy.”

“They’re going to kill me here,” the son told his father. “They’re going to murder me inside my facility. These people are bad people, Dad.” Keep Reading

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