That was a statement by the presiding member of the Article 32 hearing. Not by the media. LTC Davis was reading that from a fact sheet. That means it's charges the army brought against the LTC and has nothing to do with the media reports you speak of.
Learn to read.
Must be because I was an Infantryman and would have liked to have had an officer willing to sacrifice everything to optimize my opportunity for leaving the situation alive and in one piece.
I simply find it impossible to understand folks who lick the boots of the high command.
BTW, I think he should have pistolwhipped the Ba'athist punk anyway ~ that way he'll behave in the future and not mess with our people.