What kind of morals allow US soliders to rape and kill a 14-year-old-girl and kill her family??

Question

How can something like this happen??

I just read about it from Yahoo news.

Mel, thanks for the article!

Answer 1

there are criminals in every country and every profession. maybe it says something positive about the usa military that they investigated and punished this crime.

Answer 2

this same thing has happened throughout the ages and in every war or problem and many times when no other problems are present , if this had happened to a white woman by Muslims then nothing would have been said about it just another war casualty, but, it was whites and Americans so there fore it is the greatest sin ever committed, I personally think the men who were involved are being punished severely, and the idiot who said they would be out in 10 years is a damned liar, under federal rules they have got to spend 85 %of their time behind bars,they damed sure are not getting a easy sentence,but, some of our holier than thous wouldn't be satisfied if they executed them 10 times,but their wrongs are well hidden I would bet on that,

Answer 3

The sad thing was this was a group effort, that was premeditated.
Someone should have said something.

One good thing is that 3 of them are getting life sentences, with the one already out of the army possibly getting death penalty.

But the one thing that really got me, was after the verdict, the guys sister trying to blame the government for her brothers part in the rape and murder of the girl and her family.

Its terrible.
But someone who does that, could have done that back in the states as well.

And believe it or not, it happens more than people want to believe.
ALot of it is kept quite, because it can be, or in the best interest of the military.

Either way its a shame!

P.S. and for people that try saying its isolated incidents...well,why in Kuwait is their a high rate of rapes against female soldiers???
Kuwait is where soldiers go from the states on their way to and from IRAQ.

But army does its best to keep it hush hush.

Answer 4

This one appears to be an isolated incident. Unfortunately, when an army of 150k occupies a country, some among them will be criminals.

What is not an isolated incident is the mistreatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, many of whom were innocent civilians according to an admission by the Pentagon. No doubt, our civilian leadership in Iraq has been awful and both our soldiers and Iraqi civilians are paying the price.

Answer 5

What kind of morals allow a US President to take advantage of his power so he can have relations with an intern? How can this happen?

It happens because people think they are not responsible for their actions. It happens because people are taught "YOU ARE BETTER". This is not a military issue, this is an issue with 1 man. Rather than judge a category, judge the person.

I am a white female. I was caught speeding 20 miles over the speed limit. Should I ask the q "Why are white women allowed to drive nearly twice the speed limit?"

Our wording is our sword.

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou

Answer 6

conflict creates undesirable issues to ensue. those adult males maximum possibly could have long gone down this street finally besides and could be dealt with as such. Even undesirable human beings can get into the militia yet no considered one of their suitable minds will condemn the full using fact of a few.

Answer 7

can u provide a link?

this is what i found

US SOLDIER SENTENCED TO 1OO YRS. FOR EXECUTION OF FAMILY FOLLOWED BY GANG RAPE OF 14 YR. OLD DAUGHTER THEN BURNED THE BODY WITH KEROSENE TO DESTROY EVIDENCE; THIS 100 YRS IS ONLY 10 YRS SERVED?
U.S. soldier sentenced to 100 years
FT. CAMPBELL, Kentucky (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier who pleaded guilty to raping and murdering a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing her family was sentenced to 100 years in a military prison, the U.S. Army said on Thursday.

Sgt. Paul Cortez, 24, was also given a dishonourable discharge under a plea agreement he reached with prosecutors prior to a court-martial that spanned three days, an Army spokesman said.

Cortez, of Barstow, California, was not eligible for the death penalty under his plea agreement, accepted by the court on Wednesday.

Col. Stephen R. Henley, the military judge, found Cortez guilty of conspiracy to commit rape, four counts of felony murder, rape, housebreaking and violating a general order.

Under terms of his plea agreement, Cortez agreed to testify against the three others still facing prosecution in the case.

During the court-martial, a sometimes emotional Cortez recounted how he and his companions drank whiskey, played cards and plotted to attack the family at Mahmudiya, south of Baghdad, in March 2006. The group poured kerosene on the girl's body and lit her on fire in an attempt to cover up the crime.

Cortez testified that Spc. James Barker, who also pleaded guilty in the case, and a since-discharged soldier, Pvt. Steven Green, chose the family to attack because there was only one man in the house and it was an "easy target."

Once at the house, Green, the suspected ringleader, took the girl's mother, father and little sister into a bedroom, Cortez said, while he and Barker took the teenager, Abeer Qassim al-Janabi, to the living room, where they took turns raping her.

He said Green, who has been charged as a civilian and awaits trial in a Kentucky jail, shot the girl's family in another room and then raped the teenager.

The deaths of the girl and her family outraged Iraqis and ratcheted up tension in the war zone.

Barker pleaded guilty in November and was sentenced to 90 years in a military prison. Green was discharged from the Army for a "personality disorder."

Two other soldiers are accused in the case, Pvt. Jesse Spielman and Pvt. Bryan Howard.

(Additional reporting by John Sommers at Ft. Campbell)

Answer 8

They obviously have no morals...but they are the rare exception to the general character of our soldiers. Please don't use a few isolated incidents as an excuse to villify the entire army (not saying you specifically are doing that, but many are.)

Answer 9

What kind of morals let ANYBODY do that? US soldier or not.
There are evil people in all walks of life all over the world.

Answer 10

Unfortunately not everyone that enlists is a saint.