Destroying the Myth of the American Soldier...

[Gannon]

...one trophy at a time.

[[here is the link UNblind, for those so inclined...http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/04/justic...html?hpt=hp_t2)


So, this Sergeant is caught leading a group of rogue killers of civilians in Afghanistan. They've got photographs...and a collection of 'trophies' made of choice body parts from their victims.

OR, as in the sworn testimony of this fabulous example of outstanding military discipline and training...he just kept the trophies, he never made any victims. He actually said he didn't kill...but needed something 'like deer antlers' to carry around with him.

The Killings he kept track of with tattoos. You can't impress anyone at the bar with a bag full of fingers, apparently.


What the hell...and we wonder why the insurgency against the illegal American invasion of Iraq continues to this day...and why we cannot seem to make any progress in Afghanistan. [[forgetting, of course, that the Soviets couldn't win even after throwing the entire might of their army at those mountains)


This soldier needs to be locked up, or worse. Any and all who've partaken in abuses like the ones reportedly done by his group need the same. But, instead, they'll land big-paying jobs with Blackwater/Xe...or worse yet, get hired into a local, county, or state police agency.


There are good and bad soldiers, not unlike officers of the law. When the bad ones are protected, as it seems THIS one was during his rise in authority [[by others apparently like him)...it makes them ALL look as bad, or worse.


No cheers on this...I'm just sick about it.