The problem with the subject of this thread is that an officer created a public embarrassment for the service in a foreign country, and his superior officers were compelled to make an example of him. Period.
It doesn't have anything to do with "police states" or "criminalizing private conduct" or anything to do with civil law....UCMJ and moral turpitude as defined by the armed services is a whole different world. In fact, the military is by its very definition a "police state" in and of itself.
Your complaints against people in general having a sense of moral direction here have nothing to do with me, and nothing to do with the subject of this thread who's trying to deflect responsibility for his voluntary risky actions.
"During court-martial proceedings one year later, Stewart faced an Army court-martial panel comprised of soldiers who had recently returned from a 16-month deployment with the Army attorney serving as Stewart’s lead prosecutor."
Correction, sorry: Should be "...and a jury of his peers, fellow soldiers in the court martial were compelled to make an example of him."
The energetic defense of this guy is really an insult to the honor and dedication of his peers.