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2009-05-22 Iraq
Ex-U.S. soldier gets life sentence for Iraq murders
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Posted by Steve White 2009-05-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 It doesn't get much worse than this, except maybe in numbers. And maybe I'm wrong, but I'm not buying into PTSD causing pre-planned group criminal behavior. He was broken before he got there, like most criminals who commit crimes, and he ought to get the same considerations as other common criminals get for their crimes. I can imagine PTSD causing spontanteous revenge killings, but this goes way beyond that. He and his cohorts should be handed to the Iraqis for punishment since this was simply a heinous criminal act committed on Iraqi soil against Iraqis.
Posted by gorb 2009-05-22 01:33||   2009-05-22 01:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Firing squad for the whole bunch.
Posted by Cyber Sarge 2009-05-22 08:56||   2009-05-22 08:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Agree with everything you say Gorb except about giving them to Iraq. This was not a blood lust event, it was planned and organized, a criminal event.
But soldiers that are handed over to other countries turn into political fodder, everyone loves a show trial. While there may not have been a Status Of Forces Agreement back then in Iraq, I think the UCMJ covers stuff like this fairly adequately. This guy should have been brought back on active duty, tried in military court and shot.
Posted by 49 Pan 2009-05-22 13:15||   2009-05-22 13:15|| Front Page Top

#4 I agree with the consensus here except that the firing squad is much too good for these savages, and Green was the worst of a very bad gang. He killed the other family members with a shotgun before he raped the girl. He then shot her in the face and set her body on fire. A short rope would be the least we can do.
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2009-05-22 16:11||   2009-05-22 16:11|| Front Page Top

#5 But soldiers that are handed over to other countries turn into political fodder

I guess there is that. I guess the best thing then would be to make sure that their relatives got their say in court on the USA's dime, and perhaps that the Iraqis had a hand in deciding on their punishment, with limits set by the US Constitution. It looks like they didn't, though.
Posted by gorb 2009-05-22 17:12||   2009-05-22 17:12|| Front Page Top

#6 I would hope the relative got their moment in court as well. This was a cruel and horrible event. The guy deserves a firing squad.
Posted by 49 Pan 2009-05-22 17:23||   2009-05-22 17:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Roger that, up against the wall with the lot.

Not that he's likely to find being a "short-eyes" in the joint an agreeable experience.
Posted by mojo">mojo  2009-05-22 19:26||   2009-05-22 19:26|| Front Page Top

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