It is a terrible miscarriage of justice when a guilty party goes free. It is even worse when the innocent are punished for crimes they did not commit. And if the one being punished is not only innocent of the charges, but also was conscientiously serving to save others’ lives, it’s an outrage.
As long as we remain engaged in combat in nations such as Afghanistan and Iraq, we remain in places where it is not always possible to distinguish among our allies, our opponents, and those who want nothing to do with any of it. In fact, it is not unheard of for our enemies to insert themselves into forces that are supposedly allies just for the purpose of committing suicide attacks against our troops.
One US soldier is now in prison for killing an Afghan civilian who tried to grab his weapon. The question remains whether this civilian was actually an insurgent, but it should not take too much thought to come up with an idea of what would have happened had he gained possession of our soldier’s rifle.
This is a terrible miscarriage of justice.
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he should be treated as a HERO, which he was
Our troups must be supported all the time.
Free him!
Set him free!
Please, reconsider this case.
Here is the entire story of what happened and what his fellow soldiers testified against him at his trial:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2011/jul/28/us-soldier-life-prison-afghan-civilian-murder#ampshare=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jul/28/us-soldier-life-prison-afghan-civilian-murder
What the heck did he do to get what he got.
I already signed I hope he gets out. This should never had happened.
This soldier needs to be freed immediately. Who else among us has done three deployments in four years? He should be honored instead of jailed because he was defending himself. We are at WAR!–Diane Stanley
If what the witness said is true then I hope he stays in prison. We are soldiers, not butchers.