Don't be a fool and die for your country. Let the other sonofabitch die for his.
-- General George S. Patton
May 21, 2004
Spec. Jeremy Sivits Receives Maximum Sentence, Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse (Part 2)
Spec. Jeremy Sivits received the maximum sentence Wednesday for his role in the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal as part of a plea deal with prosecutors that leaves him open to testify against other soldiers charged in the mistreatment of Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison.
This piece of shit got what he deserved!
Pvt. Sivits (Demoted to E-1) will face a year of confinement, the previously mentioned demotion and a discharge for bad conduct. That's right a Dis-Honorable Discharge. Hear that America? A discharge for having no honor. Sivits was not a soldier. He was not following orders! He is just some immoral ass hole who got what he asked for!
I think this is what he deserves. I hope all of the others fall in line with his sentencing. Maybe a year of making boulders into big rocks, and big rocks into little rocks will give this nimrod the time to think about how he not only mistreated other human beings but also about how he brought disgrace on the U.S. Army, all of the armed forces and the US as a whole.
Sivits like most criminals made lame apologies for his actions. If he were truly remorseful he wouldn't have to apologize, as he wouldn't have involved himself in these immoral actions.
Sivits said, "I'd like to apologize to the Iraqi people and those detainees, I should have protected those detainees, not taken the photos."
For him to say this in hindsight just shows me that he knew he was wrong in the first place.
Sivits Special Court-Martial was part of a plea deal to testify against others charged in the Abu Ghraib Scandal. His plea prevented him from facing a much more severe General Court-Martial.
Again, like most criminals anything to screw over the next guy to save his own ass.
I personally don’t agree with any deals, all charged in this case should face the maximum allowable sentence under a General Court-Martial.
One final thing I would like to note is that all seven of the U.S. soldiers, who have been accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib, are reservists with the 372nd Military Police Company.
I do not mean this as a slam to reservists (ever) I have the greatest respect for all of our armed forces, however all of these allegations are centered around one small group of people and one incident.
As I have said before, the actions of a few DO NOT REFLECT the morals or beliefs or our Armed Forces
SlagleRock Out
Thanks for keeping the flame alive. A year and a BCD, hardly enough for what he and his henchmen have caused, but it is a good start. Lets get that sentence or more for the rest of them as well as that deserter also. Now for something else that will piss you off too, this is how the capitol city of Washington State treats it's Sailors and the U.S. Navy.
ttp://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20040521/topstories/55049.shtml
Thanks for the comment Jack and thanks for the link. It is sad to think that when the NAVY wants to do something that is good PR, for both the military and the state, their are A-holes out there that want to tie it to their own distaste for the war in Iraq. If I were in charge of the Navy the USS Olympia would never again return to Olympia, WA.
Posted by: SlagleRock at May 21, 2004 08:49 PMJust checked the news this AM and Camilo Mejia the deserter got a year in prison and a bad conduct discharge. Each and everyone should be prosecuted to the fullest with maximum sentencing. I just wish that those who deserted to Canada would have thier citizenship revoked and that they be forever barred from returning.
Posted by: Jack at May 22, 2004 09:08 AMVery nice comments you guys have here, congratulations and thanks to allowing my post...
Posted by: Phendimetrazine at April 15, 2005 01:44 PM