"Nearly a dozen slayings since returning home from Iraq.... a hostility fueled by intense combat"
So if they aren't killing themselves they are raising hell upon their return?
America, you will be paying for Bush's Wars -- only because he started them -- for decades if not forever, and the current criminal occupier in the WH is only adding to the misery.
"War’s scars may be factor for Colo. soldiers linked to crimes; Army investigates as spate of killings points to Iraq unit" by P. Solomon Banda, Associated Press | July 16, 2009
FORT CARSON, Colo. - Soldiers from a Colorado unit who are accused in nearly a dozen slayings since returning home from Iraq - including those of a couple gunned down as they put up a garage sale sign - could be showing a hostility fueled by intense combat, in which the troops suffered heavy losses and told of witnessing war crimes, the military said yesterday....
The investigators’ report called for more study on the links between combat and aggressive behavior.
That's a joke, right? To TRAIN for COMBAT is to be TRAINED to be AGGRESSIVE and KILL!!!!!
It suggested the Army find a way to identify soldiers who have been exposed to fierce combat....
Wouldn't they know from the battlefield reports?
The accused had experienced heavy combat in Iraq and that half of those interviewed reported witnessing war crimes, including the killing of civilians....
But WE WON'T DISCUSS THOSE!!!!
Nationally, at least 121 veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have committed a killing in the United States or have been charged in one....
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Here is a BETTER SOLDIER, readers, and a TRUE American HERO!
"sentenced yesterday to a month in jail for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan.... the Army was keeping him beyond his enlistment date.... he began to oppose the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan after he served a 13-month tour in Iraq"
We need an ARMY of those like HIM, America! What a BRAVE, BRAVE, MAN!!!!!
Message to US military members: The LIES that led to these unending occupations are DESTROYING YOU and YOUR FAMILIES.
FORT HOOD, Texas - A Fort Hood soldier was sentenced yesterday to a month in jail for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan because he says the war violates international law.
Specialist Victor Agosto, 24, of Miami, pleaded guilty to disobeying lawful orders and was sentenced at the central Texas Army post. The judge also reduced his rank to the Army’s lowest level, a private, which also was part of the maximum penalty he faced in his plea agreement with the military.
Also, Agosto cannot be discharged at a level lower than other-than-honorable conditions, an administrative discharge. A discharge was not mentioned in the hearing, but Agosto is expected to be released from the Army after completing his jail term. Before he was sentenced, Agosto told the judge he should not be jailed because he posed no threat to anyone.
He said he had remained on post and went to work every day since refusing to deploy after learning a few months ago the Army was keeping him beyond his enlistment date.
He said he did not apply for conscientious objector status because that requires opposition to all wars, and he does not believe that all war is wrong. “I really had no Army way of being consistent with my conscience,’’ Agosto said.
Agosto said he began to oppose the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan after he served a 13-month tour in Iraq.
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