A credible threat to apply unlawful deadly force--by, for example, discharging a pistol past their head while physically restraining them, thus putting them in reasonable and immediate fear of losing life or limb--is, by definition, assault, and is punishable under Article 128 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
My point concerned the reporters who write pieces about this event ~ they all conclude that Col. West "threatened to kill", when he didn't do that at all!
Then you agree that Bill Clinton didn't have sexual relations with that woman, Monica Lewinsky.
Lt. Col. Allen B. West -- the most senior officer of the 4th Infantry Division to face such a proceeding -- attended the hearing with his lawyer in a U.S. military base in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit.
West is accused of punching and firing a pistol near the prisoner, Yahya Jhodri Hamoodi, on Aug. 20 while he was being interrogated in Taji, according toLt. Col. Jimmy Davis, who presided over the hearing.
West also allegedly threatened to kill the detainee if he did not talk, Davis said, reading from a fact sheet. The hearing is to determine whether West should face court-martial.
It's more than the media saying he threatened to kill the guy.