Posted on 02/07/2007 12:21:31 PM PST by jazusamo
Sounds like the judge is incapable of stopping the trial from degenerating into a left wing Bush hatefest.
Just in time for him to "fall out" of a Humvee in Sadr City.
I wonder what would happen to this guy he was shipped off to Iraq? Surely many of our troops do not look at his activities as being honorable by any stretch. Would anyone be willing to work with this guy?
If he doesn't want to go to Iraq send his butt to Afganistan.
The latrines would have no complaint I would imagine.
If a new trial were to go forth, the two dropped charges plus the charge for failure to obey a lawful order would be charged against him. Such would add to his punishment if convicted.
This coward joined after 9/11.
BTW, he says he's willing to serve in Afghanistan, but not Iraq. I'm willing to bet if we took him up on that and gave him orders to Afghanistan, he'd still be bawling like a b*tch.
Strip him of all rank, then ship his sorry butt over to Iraq.
Throw his a** on a plane and boogie to Baghdad.
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I don't think I would like our guys to have to serve with the likes of this piece of billclinton.
Well, at least John Kerry would have one guy to sit with him.
Exactly...And the two reporters that were crowing about their subpoenas being dropped would be issued subpoenas again. Those subpoenas were only dropped because Watada agreed to sign the statement admitting to what he said at the antiwar rally.
Judge Ito strikes again!
"Strip him of all rank, then ship his sorry butt over to Iraq."
When he arrives, give him a flashlight and tell him to go look for some IEDs.
He was offered a non-combat desk job in Iraq initially, but he refused even that.
Watata is guilty or not guilty - his reasons for disobeying orders and missing shipment are immaterial.
If he is found guilty, that testimony may be introduced along with other matters of extenuation and mitigation. Following the defendent's presentation of matters of extenuation and mitigation, each member of the court will enter a recommended sentence on a slip of paper which will be placed in a hat. The proposed sentences are drawn from the hat and sorted by severity; the court then begins to vote on each proposed penalty beginning with the least severe - the first proposed sentence that receives a majority vote is adopted.
So, the judge declares a mistrial and Watada gets a new judge and is court-martialed on two additional charges. Apart from a little lost time, what's the downside?
Let him declare his reasons before a firing squad.
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