I was about to get my hair cut at Bud's Barber Shop, and a young man was getting his hair cut before going off to Ranger School (I know, what's the point - your first Army haircut is free, see what I mean by naive?), presumably at Ft. Benning, GA. I looked at this kid with nary a whisker on his clear baby face and my inner monolog wanted to scream, "KID DON'T DO IT!" Why? Because the liberal suckasses in our government would gladly let our boys die for political expediency or throw them in the brig for shooting some Iraqi piece of crap. They hung this decorated Ranger, who earned a Bronze Star among other medals, out to dry. Now he is a convicted felon.
The soldier shot a terrorist in the head as a act of mercy after he was told by his medic that the terrorist would not survive a head injury sustained after crashing his getaway car. The terrorist was thought to be involved in transporting radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
This soldier was known to have been shot in the shoulder by an Iraqi man who confused him for a thief. He let the man avoid prosecution.
WIESBADEN, Germany (AP) - A military court on Thursday found a U.S. Army tank company commander guilty of charges related to the shooting death of a wounded Iraqi last year.
Capt. Rogelio "Roger" Maynulet, a 30-year-old from Chicago, stood at attention as the verdict was read. The charge - assault with intent to commit voluntary manslaughter - carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
The court was to reconvene later Thursday to consider Maynulet's sentence.
Prosecutors had sought a conviction on a more serious charge of assault with intent to commit murder, which carries a 20-year maximum.
Prosecutors said Maynulet violated military rules of engagement by shooting a man who was wounded and unarmed. Maynulet, 30, maintained that the man was gravely wounded and that he shot him to end his suffering.
Maynulet's 1st Armored Division tank company had been on patrol near Kufa on May 21, 2004, when it was alerted to a car thought to be carrying a driver for radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and another militiaman loyal to the Shiite cleric.
"He was an enemy insurgent, there is no question - (but) when they are out of battle they are still people. Maybe my mistake is that I knew the Iraqi people as people," said Maynulet, who was deployed in Iraq for 15 months. "I may have projected myself on that Iraqi. I didn't want to be in his state, and if I was in his state, I hope someone affords me the same dignity."
If this guy had shot a soccer stadium full of Iraqi wifebeating lowlifes I would not really care. These guys would die to protect your rights and your freedom but we just sit around and let them get fed to the wolves because some asshole can't stop his car and put his hands in the air. Let's second guess every little accident because we need to appease liberal fucks that have infiltrated the U.S. Army. Fuck this war already - it is time to come home because the real enemy is US ! I say let the terrorist bring the war to US soil and those of us with guns and balls become militant and fend for ourselves and our families. All of the pacifist, liberal assholes can let themselves be exterminated.
Posted at 05:25 pm by chuckcarman
