Lynndie England sentenced to 3 years in prison

tvnz.com.nz/ reuters ^ | Sept 27, 2005 | reuters

[359Henrie]

Good.

[359Henrie]

Duuuude. Not bad.

[prairiebreeze]

Well, it says he's serving 10 years.

[sarasmom]

The PFC did a vile and disgusting thing, against all regulations and her own sworn oath.
She should have received 10 years, minimum, same as her boyfriend.

[DogBarkTree]

In Stripes Bill Murry said "I wanna party with you" to a rube in the barracks who was into bestiality. I see Lyndie as being about on the same level as a toad like that. ;)

[Dog Gone]

I stole it from steveegg. I thought it was perfect.

[359Henrie]

It was.

[prairiebreeze]

ping

[operation clinton cleanup]

She should have plea bargained... the MSM talked her into fighting the charges and making Donald Rumsfeld the scapegoat. Thank God Military jury's have more sense than civilian ones.

[Criminal Number 18F]

if they start throwing her CO and that general into the brig right alonside her

A bunch of heads have rolled. Most of the officers were able to accept nonjudicial punishment or resign in lieu of court martial (which still has serious consequences). I believe there were 27 officers and about 11 NCOs in the chain of command who were smoked, although the press played it down because it didn't fit the "soldiers bad" meme and then the "no one suffered by the private and, oh the female general" meme.

The "female general" was BG Janis Karpinski. She was pushed into retirement as a colonel. Two battalion commanders (Lt. Col.s) were also shown the door.

If you read the whole Taguba Report, that unit was so rotten that it could only have been sick from the head down. That's the way units go. Lynndie England and Charles Graner might well have been exemplary soldiers, given good officer leadership and NCO supervision. But even ABSENT that supervision, there is no excuse for what they became.

I guess I'm with you though... I'd like to have seen Karpinski and some of the colonels in the pen too. (One company commander is still facing court-martial, I believe).

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[operation clinton cleanup]

The prosecution asked the jury for a sentence of four to six years. "I cannot think of another incident that has more tarnished the image of the US Army," Capt. Chris Graveline said. "Who can think of a person who has disgraced the United States Army more?"

Chris Mathews, for starters.

[prairiebreeze]

Thank God Military jury's have more sense than civilian ones.

Agreed.

[prairiebreeze]

Thank you for the update.

[Criminal Number 18F]

One has to wonder about the very last sentence

Well, it's not truthful. Over two dozen careers were snuffed out, including the MP Brigade and Battalion commanders, the MI battalion commander, and there's still one captain who's going to jail.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[Mo1]

"After the photos were released, I've heard that attacks were made on US armed forces because of them," she said.

I'm suprised the press reported this part considering they are the ones that printed them on every front page they could find

[operation clinton cleanup]

In Stripes Bill Murry said "I wanna party with you" to a rube in the barracks who was into bestiality.

If I said without quoting "Stripes".. I rarely wear underwear, but if I do, It's usually something exotic. You might take that out of context!

[i_dont_chat]

Has Graner had his court martial yet?


Did you read the article? Amazing what you can learn by reading.

[somemoreequalthanothers]

I'm suprised the press reported this part considering they are the ones that printed them on every front page they could find

They would never recognize their own duplicity.

[Senator Pardek]

Well stated.

[SmithL]

Do I wait for more tenure, or what, Please?

Go Away, and come back when you've been here longer.
; )