Guardsman killed Iraqi after sex

NewsObserver ^ | 12/20/04 | Jay Price

[ppaul]

Maj. Robert Carver, a spokesman at the N.C. National Guard's Raleigh headquarters, said..."hopefully this demonstrates that to the Iraqis...The rule of law was applied, and the guilty have been punished."

BS
This "punishment" is a joke.
The Iraquis will see it as leniency.
This lowlife oughta hang.

[Fatalis]

A North Carolina National Guard member thought to be the first U.S. soldier convicted of murdering an Iraqi said he "snapped" and shot the 17-year-old boy after they had consensual sex,

He took "don't ask don't tell" to the next level.

[broadsword]

But, but, but, this just can't be! Homosexuals are gentle, and special, and loving... never violent! (gag!)

[RepublicanReptile]

My ex-boyfriend is in that unit. I am feeling glad he is an ex now, wonder if he behaves the same way as his friend? He was an unregistered Kerry supporter who got mad at me for volunteering down at Bush HQ, so who knows?

[Pro-Bush]

I'm disgusted, the though of them having sex, pure sin.

[Experiment 6-2-6]

The boy was hit by 11 bullets.

Um, don't ask, don't tell, don't shoot?

[Fenris6]

"This 'punishment' is a joke. The Iraquis will see it as leniency. This lowlife oughta hang."

Agreed. He should be turned over to the Iraqi courts.

Any bets the MSM will whitewash the homosexual side of this incident?

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

This is hideous. They should do a Danny Deaver on that punk. He was afraid the kid would tell, so he tortured and killed him? (By torture, I mean the non-kill bullets beforehand.)

This SOB should swing.

[West Coast Conservative]

What's the point of sending him to jail? He'll like it there. He should be sent to the chair.

[swilhelm73]

How does this not warrant the death sentence?

How sad is it that an American doing his duty in being investigated for shooting a wounded terrorist with good cause thanks to the MSM, another recieved a prison sentence for putting a badly burned terrorist out of his misery, and yet *this* guy gets a lesser sentence.

One wonders if the NG would be as lenient if the scum bag had murdered an Iraqi woman after having sex with her...

[geopyg]

"I'm disgusted, the though of them having sex, pure sin."

I was somewhat more upset at the boy getting killed.

[taxesareforever]

Now if this had been a heterosexual killing you can bet the press wouldn't have a problem providing the name. They certainly didn't have a problem naming names with the Abu Gharib personnel and they didn't even kill anyone.

[Pro-Bush]

I see where you stand, nice post. I'm touched. </sarcasm

[August West]

Sex requires a male and female. It was physiologically impossible for those two to have had "sex" with each other. It looks as though people are confusing Anal- Friction-Induced-Orgasm with sex. It's a sick world we live in when faggots can be understood when they contort the language to fit to their bizarres perversions.

[rawhide]

I have some doubts about the 'homo' angle. This could very well be a misleading angle in this story. I do believe the soldier killed the Iraqi, no doubt. If there was a sex act, I think the Iraqi may have been forced into doing it, then the Iraqi was so disgusted with what had happened, he went to the latrine to clean up. When he returned, the American soldier hatch a plan to get rid of the Iraqi, committed the crime, and then got caught. Very sick!

[VOYAGER]

Merida was sentenced Sept. 25 to 25 years in prison and reduced in rank. He will be dishonorably discharged.

This earth shattering "reduced in rank" statement is a "killer" ain't it?

The "military" way is "outta this world" and a "joke"!

It's a wonder they didn't give him a promotion and then ordered him shot!

[Caipirabob]

Merida was sentenced Sept. 25 to 25 years in prison and reduced in rank. He will be dishonorably discharged.

If I was an Iraqi, I'd be outraged enough to hate the US for this alone. 25 years? He should be turned over to the Iraqi justice system.

Dishonorable discharge? WTF are they thinking?

NO offense, this is just so mind boggling I'll need to research this some more. I just can't believe it.

[xm177e2]

This "punishment" is a joke.

25 years hard labor (with no possibility of parole), then he has his rank stripped away and given a dishonorable discharge (equivalent to a felony conviction). This guy isn't getting off easy. If Merida isn't 25 years old, he will be spending more of his life in hard labor than he spent outside of prison. He won't get out until he's over 40... and I don't know how many job skills you can pick up while doing hard labor.

Sure, he should fry (murder is murder). But don't understate his punishment.

[Caipirabob]

Oh jeez... it's real. I was hoping...you understand.

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GET THESE FIENDS OUT OF THE MILITARY!!!

[Caipirabob]

I have to read these things more carefully.

Dishonorable Dishcarge is certainly better than what I thought I read.

He should be executed, however.