Posted on 04/13/2009 6:27:31 PM PDT by SandRat
FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) - An Army sergeant accused of killing his squad leader and another soldier shouted "my career's over, just kill me" as soldiers pinned him to the ground after he shot the men in Iraq, members of their unit told a military judge Monday.
The two slain soldiers had been critiquing Sgt. Joseph Bozicevich for poor performance before he fatally shot them Sept. 14 at a small patrol base south of Baghdad, witnesses said in a Fort Stewart courtroom.
1st Sgt. Xaver Perdue sobbed as he told the court that as another soldier was wrestling with Bozicevich on the ground, Perdue pressed the muzzle of his rifle against Bozicevich's head and slipped off the safety, prepared to fire.
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Perdue should have pulled the trigger
Speechless and sad.
>> “He’s a really nice guy, everybody liked him. We were surprised what he did,” Muter said.
Standby; there’s more of this to come. Much more. Guess he had to play with the girls in grade school ‘cuz the boys didn’t like him. ‘
Make sure he gets a fair trial, and then execute him.
This is what happens when a child is taught that the world is “Mr Rogers’ Neighborhood” where everyone is a winner and what ever you do, you’re doing it well. No reprimands, no corrections, no discipline.
And then the Military comes and smacks you upside the head and you get the “television” idea that to solve all your problems, you kill the people you think are causing your problems. And that action just makes the problems worse.
Because NO ONE is taught to accept criticism and learn from it. Critics are not attacking YOU, just what you do or say.
I blame it on dumbed down education and parents who didn’t explain about running with open scissors in your hand and lollipops in your mouth.
And BB guns that could put your eye out.
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