MILITARY: Wuterich reduced in rank, but jail term set aside
Marine Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich was reduced in rank to private Tuesday after pleading guilty to one count of negligent dereliction of duty, ending the largest war-crimes prosecution to emerge from the Iraq war.
At the sentencing Tuesday, military judge Lt. Col. David Jones ordered Wuterich to serve 90 days in jail, but that was set aside under the terms of a plea agreement reached Monday. The details of the agreement were revealed after the judge rendered his sentence.
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The details of the agreement were revealed after the judge rendered his sentence.
Jones intended for Wuterich to do the max time in jail.
Jones is a worthless piece of shit.
Jones has me PO’d for the reduction to E-1.
The fact is that this was a buck sergeant’s first time in combat. The fact also is that Wuterich clearly said his intention in “shoot first, questions later” was to push his men to stay safe by staying on the attack and NOT to injure civilians.
A buck sergeant’s first time in combat, and he was saying something that is damn close to the ROEs which were “reasonable PID + protect personal safety”.
The combination of those two is far different that “absolute PID”.
It clearly puts the weight of the ROEs on the side of personal security and not on the side of risking your life to get a PID.
Any imbecile can see that, can read what was going on in this young buck sergeant’s mind, and can absolutely see that there was ZERO crime committed that day by SSgt Wuterich.
Patton would have given him a damn medal, and Lincoln would have given him a commission.
The US military, circa 2012, besmirches their honor and would prefer assigning all troops pink PJs and sensitivity classes to get in touch with their inner femininity.