One would think its a safe bet that those who are convicted by an impartial military jury of conspiracy to murder, larceny and housebreaking forfeit the right to be called a Marine. He’s shed that title for another: common criminal.
Our fighting men and women are better off with his removal from their ranks.
That's just idiotic. There's nothing common about the situation in Iraq, and nothing common about this whole case.
Cpl Thomas was not given a dishonorable discharge by the jury in his case. We'll see what kind of discharge is given Cpl Magincalda.
Anyway, I'm a little disappointed in you. You've been saying the Hamdania and Haditha Marines were all murderers from Day One. You've been abusive toward their supporters. I think you'd be at least reluctant to make yet more pronouncements considering how wrong you've been so far. Cpl Magincalda was, in case you missed it, acquited of murder charges.