NEWS: Asshole Fuckface Roundup

my favorite news blog thing here

Just a question about the insurgent police man swap. Was it a mistake or mix up, or was it premeditated murder. To me this makes all the difference on his charge, what it looks like to me is a man slaughter sentence and fifteen years time is sufficient for man slaughter but if it was not man slaughter I say give him the death penalty I do not agree with murderers nor do I agree with keeping them alive.

He wasn't given 15 years that was the recommendation.He got dishonorable discharge and they busted him down to e-1. I don't think he pulled the trigger. At least thats what i read . He was just there and didn't stop it.He's just the first out of the 7 (i think he is the lowest ranked out of the 7)

I saw the FEMA trailer thing on CSPAN this morning, and I figured that it would be enough of a non-covered issue that I could write up a news article of my own on it.

Sigh.

No.

I must admit, I found that bit to be the funniest in the whole video. I've never had any inclination towards the same sex; when I was in college I actually spent time sitting around thinking about being gay to see whether or not I might be, and had to conclude after much consideration that I simply wasn't. What urges is that guy suppressing?

As I remember it according to the UCMJ you must obey LAWFUL orders and it is your duty to disobey UNLAWFUL orders. SO even if ordered but the solider finds the order morally disturbing he does not have to obey the order and should report the order the the next in the chain of command. Thats I what I learned in boot camp maybe they don't teach that anymore? or they changed the UCMJ? I dunno but it was made pretty clear to everybody I graduated with.

I love you. Just saying.

He isn't JUST getting 15 years of prison - he isn't getting any prison time at all, which seems to be why the jury are in this AFR to begin with.

It doesn't really make much sense to me how they can reach that decision after deciding he's guilty of kidnapping and conspiring to murder. I know the CNN article says that there's no minimum sentencing requirement for the things he's been found guilty of, but still...

He's not getting ANY prison, actually. 15 years prison is what the prosecutor suggested.

Not to nitpick, but I don't think you can get a dishonorable discharge and still serve, hence the "discharge".

A Canadian $10 bill? I mean, what's that worth? *Checks exchange rate* Oh wait, never mind!

Ummm, the "order" was to drag an unarmed man out of his house in the middle of the night march him to a ditch and shoot him.

I'm sorry, but if you don't know that's more or less the epitome of dishonorable, much less, a fucking war crime there's not much hope for you.

"gay" is the "medical condition" that keeps them from joining the military?

Where can I get some Fear The Reaper ski boots?

Apparently he's not familiar with our obligation to disobey an illegal order, which that order clearly was.

I think your more about the FearTheReaper gun holster.

Actually, he isn't getting any prison time. That was just the recomendation of the prosecutors, which was not followed.

From the linked article:

EDIT: Oops, ASSH0LE beat me to the punch.

first off he got 15 months, which is time already served.
second perhaps Scooter LIbby and this poor soldier can start a company together and cry in their beer

This should really help;


A military jury on Friday spared a Marine of prison time for kidnapping and conspiring to murder an Iraqi man who was killed as troops hunted in vain for a suspected insurgent.


Cpl. Trent Thomas was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge and reduced pay.


A jury of three officers and six enlisted Marines deliberated for less than an hour before returning their decision.


Thomas, a 25-year-old father of two, faced a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole. He was convicted Wednesday of kidnapping and conspiracy to murder an Iraqi man after a botched attempt to capture a suspected insurgent in the village of Hamdania in April 2006.


Thomas was acquitted of the most serious charge of premeditated murder, which would have carried a mandatory life sentence, and of lesser offenses including making a false official statement, housebreaking and larceny.


Prosecutors had recommended Thomas be sentenced to 15 years in prison with a dishonorable discharge, reduction in pay and forfeiture.


"Corporal Thomas is going back to the brig where he spent the last 15 months, collecting his things and then going home with his wife," said Victor Kelley, one of his attorneys.


http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/07/20/state/n094948D36.DTL&tsp=1

No bets here. That "officially not gay" guy was obviously a seriously fucked up dude.

FearTheReaper mud flaps.

I really liked that video

and that dude was totally gay.