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October 12, 2004
Iraq or Jail? No Contest
A Vilseck-based soldier accused of faking mental illness to avoid serving in Iraq was sentenced Thursday to 11 months in prison, according to the 1st Infantry Division’s staff judge advocate. . . .
Besides the jail time, the judge, Lt. Col. Robin Hall, ordered Lux to forfeit all pay during his jail term, reduced him to the lowest enlisted rank and handed him a bad-conduct discharge.
This ought to tell you everything you need to know about the situation in Iraq. If someone is willing to go to jail for 11 months, give up his pay, and receive a dishonorable discharge rather than return to Iraq, just think how bad things must be over there.
(Link courtesy Antiwar.com.)
Posted by Mike Tennant at October 12, 2004 09:35 AM