Posted on 04/08/2005 4:44:46 PM PDT by Former Military Chick
Is it asking too much for something more than a verdict in the court-martial of Sgt. Hasan Akbar, the man accused of killing two officers -- including Army Capt. Christopher Scott Seifert of Williams Township -- a few days after the start of the war in Iraq? Something like an answer to the question: Why?
Jury selection in Akbar's court-martial is under way in North Carolina, but pre-trial events only seem to have muddied the picture. Akbar is accused of using grenades and a rifle to attack fellow troops at Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait in March 2003. He has been ruled competent to stand trial. Plenty of potential defense issues are being raised: He suffers from sleep apnea. He might have been insane. As a Muslim, he might have been motivated by his faith to kill those preparing to invade an Islamic country. His upbringing in South Central Los Angeles influenced his mental state in the Army.
Members of the Seifert family will be attending the court-martial next week, looking for answers, seeking justice, but also, probably, to place a face and an emotional state on the accused. At the base of this uncertainty is something nearly unspeakable -- why a soldier trained with his colleagues to protect one another would turn on them in a cowardly attack.
For most Americans, the puzzle is something of more than passing interest. For the Seifert family, the need for resolution is intensely personal. Like other American families who've lost loved ones, they have an incurable aching in their hearts. But unlike other families, they need to know why the usual path of war was reversed, in a perverse way, before Christopher Seifert was able to fire a shot in defense of his country. He no doubt would have given his life to save the life of the person now accused of murdering him.
Chris Seifert's devotion to family and country is something no one can steal, not even by an irrational act of war.
But we'd still like to know: Why?
Hey! Stop trying to let facts interfere with hatred.
Sargeant Hasan "Allah" Akbar will not be collecting his 72 virgins. His ass will fry in a large vat of fatback (pork).
I will have to refer you to comment 11, my beloved posted what I would have posted.
Thank you for taking the time to always let me know what you think, it makes the thread all the more enjoyable.
You know we had not best give them any extra amo on this one, but, I salute your words, thanks for putting them on the thread for all to read.
What Amoo are you talking about?
I meant ammunition, the twinkie defense. I can only imagine they are searching high and low for some excuse to keep him from the death chamber.
Frankly, if they charge with him less then the death penalty it will be a very sad day indeed for our military.
I heartily agree. The article gave a long list of explanations as to why. Why isn't the point with the whole matter. There isn't any excuse no matter how hard the MSM tries.
I would be more worried about someone having a cowl on his face.
I did indeed get the victim and the perp's names mixed up. I thought someone was making excuses for the murdering _ _ _. My apologies to all.
Ain't no thing.
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