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2009-03-30 Iraq

US soldier guilty in killing of 4 Iraqis in 2007

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Posted by ed 2009-03-30 07:35|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Who needs an international court when we're fully capable of cleaning house ourselves [well at least our military]. Now if the other branches of government were as consistent in cleaning house...

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-03-30 09:33|| 2009-03-30 09:33|| Front Page Top

#2 I wasn't there with them so I don't feel qualified to judge their actions.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2009-03-30 11:12|| 2009-03-30 11:12|| Front Page Top

#3 I look at this through the lenses of "maintaining good order and discipline".

Stuff like this usually happens only when there are morale problems in a unit, so as soon as these soldiers were arrested, a very senior chaplain and a very senior NCO should have arrived to diagnose the situation.

Between the two of them, it would be the unit equivalent of an MRI and an X-Ray. There would be no morale secrets left in that unit. Bad NCOs and officers would vanish, any other crimes would be discovered, soldiers with problems would be rehabilitated.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-03-30 19:23|| 2009-03-30 19:23|| Front Page Top

#4 That, and the detainees ideally wouldnt be left with captors directly involved in the shoot out at any point in time, for obvious reasons. Just asking for trouble. I also love how the lowest ranking of the group, the SGT had already gotten charged first. It might be another charming example of how shit rolls downhill in the military, if I am reading this even remotely right. But the Court Martial will get them to pay for all their tresspasses. Theyre effective to say the least.

Posted by GirlThursday 2009-03-30 20:17|| 2009-03-30 20:17|| Front Page Top

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