Marine Sentenced to a Century
Today a military tribunal sentenced Marine Sgt Michael Cortez to one hundred years in prison. Cortez participated in the gang rape of a 14 year old Iraqi girl and the the subsequent murder of the girl and her family. One Marine remains to be tried. He will be tried in a federal court as he was discharged before he was charged with the crime.
Sgt Cortez' actions are indefensible and his sentence well deserved. However, it strikes me that this type of atrocity is one of the "unintended consequences" of war that Pope John Paul II warned our President about before we invaded Iraq. Haditha is another. Abu Ghraib yet another.
The rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and her family falls squarely on the shoulders of Sgt Cortez and his co conspirators. The vilification of our country throughout the world falls squarely on the shoulders of our President.
Sgt Cortez' actions are indefensible and his sentence well deserved. However, it strikes me that this type of atrocity is one of the "unintended consequences" of war that Pope John Paul II warned our President about before we invaded Iraq. Haditha is another. Abu Ghraib yet another.
The rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and her family falls squarely on the shoulders of Sgt Cortez and his co conspirators. The vilification of our country throughout the world falls squarely on the shoulders of our President.
posted by Jack Reed at 10:24 AM
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