Is America proud of this fine man? Should he receive a medal? Is this the American way?

Question

By STEVE QUINN, Associated Press Writer
MIDLAND, Texas - A former Army private accused in the horrific rape and killing of a young Iraqi woman and the execution-style slaying of her family had been discharged because of an "antisocial personality disorder," U.S. military officials told The Associated Press.

Investigators say Steven D. Green and other soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division plotted to rape a young Iraqi woman they first saw at a traffic checkpoint in the village of Mahmoudiya. Green is accused of rounding up three family members in a room of the woman's house and shooting them before raping and killing her.
Previously, in a federal court affidavit, investigators said only that the 21-year-old Green had been given an honorable discharge for a "personality disorder" this spring before the March murder case came to light.
But U.S. military officials who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case said Steve Green is a hero.

Answer 1

1) No America is not proud of this man, for one thing America encompasses other countries besides the United States, so the real question is "Is the United States proud of this man," and the answer is-in my opinion-probably not.
2)No he should not receive a medal, and as I understand he was never selected to receive one in the first place.
3)No this is clearly not the "American" way; see: United States. The majority of "Americans" or citizens of the United States are opposed to the war in Iraq. Most citizens, myself included, don't go to other countries with the intention to rape and kill people. That being said some obviously do. But, so do many other people of other nationalities. Given the nature of the world today I think it's safe to say that there are a lot more dangerous/unstable people in other countries like Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Columbia, Cuba, Haiti, Somalia...
The bottom line, pick a country and you will find someone psychotic.

Answer 2

NO! He is a loser, and so is the official who call Steve Green a hero. Any soldier who kill and unarmed family, and who would rape a women, is not someone to be proud of.

Also, I know that a lot of these young people in our military are being sent over there too long and after seeing what they have seen, and living like they have I could see someone snap and kill men. But, the rape and killing of a child is not right in my book in any way.

Answer 3

Liar Erudite has struck again, and you all have fallen for it. If you people haven't realized, what this LIAR does is repost news stories that he has ammended to meet his own personal agenda. Here is the story, in full! Notice NOTHING about people calling him a hero, for starters.

By the way, go F*UCK your self, ERUDITE!!!

Officials: Ex-GI Had Antisocial Disorder

By STEVE QUINN
Associated Press Writer

MIDLAND, Texas (AP) -- A former Army private accused in the horrific rape and killing of a young Iraqi woman and the execution-style slaying of her family had been discharged because of an "antisocial personality disorder," U.S. military officials told The Associated Press.

Investigators say Steven D. Green and other soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division plotted to rape a young Iraqi woman they first saw at a traffic checkpoint in the village of Mahmoudiya. Green is accused of rounding up three family members in a room of the woman's house and shooting them before raping and killing her.

Previously, in a federal court affidavit, investigators said only that the 21-year-old Green had been given an honorable discharge for a "personality disorder" this spring before the March murder case came to light.

But U.S. military officials who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case said late Tuesday it was an "antisocial personality disorder." They did not elaborate.

In the West Texas town of Midland where Green grew up, few people offered details of his life.

Green's father, John, told the AP that attorneys have advised him not to publicly talk about the case against his son, who was charged with rape and four counts of murder Monday in a federal courtroom in Charlotte, N.C.

But one resident - a former Marine - hoped the accusations against Steven D. Green don't reflect poorly on the soldiers still serving in Iraq.

"I don't care where he's from; this gives us a black eye," said Shaun Sanders, who spent 14 months in the Middle East and Africa and now lives in the building by Green's family but did not know him. "To hear a story of something like this happen in this particular region, at this particular time, is not good."

Greg Simolke told The Washington Post that his nephew had visited relatives in North Carolina last week on his way to and from a funeral at Arlington National Cemetery for a member of his platoon who was killed in Iraq.

"When he was here for this visit, he seemed like the same old Steve," Simolke told the Post. "I don't understand what happens in a war, so I don't know how these things happen."

Relatives told the newspaper that Green had grown up in Midland and joined the Army after receiving his GED. He went to Fort Benning, Ga., for infantry training and graduated in June 2005, his family said.

"He had found direction in his life, something important and something that he really wanted to do," Simolke told the Post. "He was talking about making the military his career and was ready to go to Iraq. He thought it was a good thing to be serving his country."

Green was arrested Friday at a relative's home in Marion, about 75 miles northwest of Charlotte, but authorities wouldn't disclose the relative's name. Mary Simolke, Green's grandmother who lives near Marion, declined comment.

According to an affidavit, the funeral Green was attending in Arlington was for one of the two soldiers whose mutilated bodies were found June 19, three days after they were abducted by insurgents near Youssifiyah, southwest of Baghdad.

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Answer 4

NO. America is not proud. We are ashamed of him. But unfortunately, you cant change it. Iraqis do that kind of stuff all the time..as do many other people in other services in other countries. Brutality of war.
Don't you worry...he will burn for what he did. Hes likely to get the death penalty cause his crimes were committed in the time of war, but knowing our country, he will probably get life in Leavenworth. He should get thrown in to Attica and raped over and over by 10 big burly men...then hung. Save the bullets.

Answer 5

Personally I think he needs to be shot but thats just my opinion but what really needs to happen is that he needs to spend the rest of his life in prison even if he has a "antisocial personality disorder". The way i see it like a lot of people do if he did it he should serve his time no matter what.

Answer 6

In the United States you are presumed innocent until proved guilty. Has that changed somewhere? Why don't we wait and get all the evidence before we hang the guy. You sound like John (Hanoi Jane) Kerry.

Answer 7

Of course not. What kind of stupid question is that?

There are many reasons why war is called hell .... there has never been a war without atrocities commited by each side.

I think the difference in this war is that when an American commits an atrocity we are all horrified .... when an insurgent group commits one they are held as heroes by many of their fellow countrymen (such as the beheadings of civilians).

Then again you are just an idiot so you would never "get it".

Answer 8

What that guy did was wrong if he did that is ture but u meida assholes always strech the truth and lie you never report the good the US soldiers are doing always the negitve get a life loser and quit picking on our troops

Answer 9

I believe he is accused of raping and killing. Innocent until proven guilty, remember?

Answer 10

If he is guilty then he should be punished but no matter what one or two men or women do wrong over there I will ALWAYS support our military.