I am saying again, these are not US soldiers and that guy was not an Iraqi citizen.
Maybe our troops would get an article 15, maybe not a blessed thing, maybe a court martial, but our troops are not investigating car burglaries with mentally ill people, and if they are, another reason to bring them home. Do you honestly believe that if an Iraqi punched one of our troops, his squad would not beat the dogsnot of the offender? Do you think our troops haven’t killed people this way? You resist a detention with the military, you are going to get shot and that has happened, I guarantee it.
Despite whatever the media might try to portray, our military is not eager to throw young soldiers in the brig because they had to use force in a theatre of war. To do so would hurt the morale of the troops and damage the fighting effectiveness. That’s why our troops are not sitting in Iraqi prisons for offenses.
Wherever there is war, innocence and the rules of law are some of the first casualties.