Here is the soldier who refused to torture

[Beatrix]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5023165/

"Ramsey Clark, a former U.S. attorney general and one of Mejia's lawyers, said Mejia was disgusted after his unit was ordered to use sleep-deprivation tactics with blindfolded Iraqi detainees, in at least one instance by cocking a pistol next to their heads.

Clark, attorney general under President Lyndon B. Johnson and an outspoken opponent of the Iraq war, said Mejia was protected by international law to avoid duties that would have constituted war crimes. He compared Mejia's claims of prisoner mistreatment to the abuse scandal at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

"The United States is seeking to court-martial soldiers in (Iraq) for outrageous abuses at the same time it prosecutes a soldier halfway around the world because he did what he had a duty to do under international law," Clark said. "



Another article states "A military jury met for about 20 minutes before giving the maximum sentence to Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5016149/

What's the message to soldiers who have a problem with war crimes? If we had a real commander in chief he would be pardoned.

[the Kelly Gang]

1. another honourable man is libelled..just disgusting

[Nlighten1]

2. It is the military sending a message...

Stay in line or do time.