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I Don’t Support This!
As regular readers know, I support the troops, and would like to see them return home to their families safely. However, my love of our troops notwithstanding, they are still fallible human beings. They can be accorded no special treatment when they violate decency.
From The News & Observer:
BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier broke down in tears Thursday as he testified that he was ordered to shoot an unarmed Iraqi man, and that his sergeant, a North Carolina man, laughed and told the trooper to finish the job as the man convulsed on the ground.
Sgt. Evan Vela’s testimony came during the court-martial of Spc. Jorge G. Sandoval, of Laredo, Texas. Sandoval is on trial for allegedly killing Iraqis and trying to cover up the deaths by planting weapons at the scene.
Vela, Sandoval and Staff Sgt. Michael Hensley of Candler, N.C., are all charged in the case.
My opinion: If these allegations are true, Sandoval has betrayed decency, he has betrayed America, and he has betrayed the sacrifices of his fellow men-in-arms.
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