Trump pardons US army officer convicted of killing Iraqi

President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to a former US Army officer convicted of the 2009 murder of an Iraqi detainee.
Michael Behenna, 35, a former lieutenant in the 101st Airborne Division from Oklahoma, was released from prison in 2014 after serving five years in jail...

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Hina Shamsi, director of the National Security Project at the American Civil Liberties Union, condemned the presidential pardon for Behenna.

"This pardon is a presidential endorsement of a murder that violated the military's own code of justice," Shamsi said in a statement.

"The military appeals court found Behenna disobeyed orders, became the aggressor against his prisoner, and had no justification for killing a naked, unarmed Iraqi man in the desert, away from an actual battlefield.

"Trump, as commander-in-chief, and top military leaders should prevent war crimes, not endorse or excuse them," Shamsi said.

https://www.news24.com/World/News/trump-pardons-us-army-officer-convicted-of-killing-iraqi-20190507

Stuff like this just does wonders for America's image and credibility in the world, doesn't it?

I'm wondering when the rest of the world will get sick of our shit and decide to sanction us?!

He'll probably end up getting a job in law enforcement

Sir Napsalot said:

He'll probably end up getting a job in law enforcement

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Great, then we can read about him again...

Makes me think of the Romans.

Hopefully your fate will be better

We've done worse.

Bill Calley, who orchestrated the My Lai massacre, was pardoned by Nixon.

Republicans love mass murderers. If Charles Manson had murdered asians or blacks, he would have been pardoned as well.

But he screwed the pooch and murdered white people.

It's what dicktaters do...

dandyrandy said:

It's what dicktaters do...

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Yes, sir. It is.

Calley lives not to far from me just over the border in Forsyth County. We have an understanding, the two of us: Gwinnett County is off limits to him. We meet anywhere else, it's neutral ground. We meet in Gwinnett, odds are pretty good only one of us is walking away from it.

tRUmp is just cleaning up his records so he can appoint him to run ICE.

ANC said:

Makes me think of the Romans.

Hopefully your fate will be better

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I fear that we differ from Rome only in our advanced ability to take the rest of the world down with us. And don't think we wouldn't if given the chance because we're arrogant asf that way.

ttystikk said:

I fear that we differ from Rome only in our advanced ability to take the rest of the world down with us. And don't think we wouldn't if given the chance because we're arrogant asf that way.

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When you say "we" rather than "they" you are expressing your subliminal mental capture.