The Tragedy of Women in Combat http://usdefensewatch.com/2016/05/the-tragedy-of-women-in-combat/
An Open Letter to General Mattis http://usdefensewatch.com/2017/04/an-open-letter-to-general-mattis/
.... As is the road to hell, the road to bureaucratic malfeasance is paved with good intentions....
What are the “good intentions” here? These trials are atrocities committed under Obama’s war on the military and must be reevaluated.
In a lot of ways, the UCMJ is a lot like civilian law. In a different atmosphere, like a firefight, this would have been acceptable as a kill. But, like civilian law, the perp was unarmed, and even though the attempt was made and called an attempt, you can’t shoot an unarmed individual that has no backing as they are not a threat to your life. The article didn’t say enough to tell us that was or was not the case.
Article 118 states:
Any person subject to this chapter whom without justification or excuse, unlawfully kills a human being, when he- –
(1) has a premeditated design to kill;
(2) intends to kill or inflict great bodily harm;
(3) is engaged in an act which is inherently dangerous to others and evinces a wanton disregard of human life; or
(4) is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of burglary, sodomy, rape, robbery, or aggravated arson;
is guilty of murder, and shall suffer such punishment as a court-martial may direct, except that if found guilty under clause (1) or (4), he shall suffer death or imprisonment for life as a court-martial may direct.
Number three of the article is probably the one that applies here. And unless there is proof that the individual was killed as a direct threat to the guard, it applies. If our military was given the open invitation to kill without provocation, where does it stop. Does it mean just the enemy, our own, any foreigner not liked, or a guy bunking next to you that is snoring? Slippery here.
rwood
Scores of hundred billion dollars transferred to our pieceful enemies, coming back march thru our institutions and wage political, information and lawfare against USAians.