Given his attorneys’ narrative, why did he plead guilty? He’s getting screwed big time. Because his attorney's narrative is being given after the case has been concluded, and judgement rendered.
While the case was still open, and the plea deal was still offered, the court did not accept that narrative. What the court accepted was... left in limbo... depending on what SSgt Wuterich "chose" to plead.
The law pretends not only to power - but to reality itself. If SSgt Wuterich chose to stick to the literal truth, the court would choose to believe literal lies, and then through it's power, declare the truth to be lies, and it's lies to be truth, and use that ruling to utterly, ocmpletely and absolutely destroy his life.
On the other hand, if SSgt Wuterich "chose" to accept a "small lie" as the truth, then the court would also accept that "small lie" as the truth, and rule it to be the truth, and then, through it's supreme generosity, not use it's absolute power to utterly destroy his life.
And this is the endgame, remember, after threatening to absolutely destroy his life, and infamously slandering him, for six years.
So now that that's concluded, his attorney can assert, against the ruling of the court (but with a certain amount of political risk) that he told a "small lie" to save himself, but that it was still a lie because he was completely innocent.
THIS is what passes for justice.
I only hope that SSgt Wuterich is fully aware that we, the people, judged him long ago, and found him not guilty for the crimes of which he was accused.
It is now our duty, as citizens, to not only remember how twisted our system of justice has become, but to act on the knowledge.
I understand what you are saying, FRiend - It does not lessen my disappointment at the outcome. Rather than being reduced in rank to private, he should, IMHO, be cited for Valor and lionized as a hero. They failed at bringing down any of the other Marines accused in this imbroglio - the ferocity with which they have pursued SSgt. Wuterich is grossly out of proportion to the importance of the event itself. He's paying the wages of Lt. William Calley from so many years ago, and the Lamestream Media is, as usual, right there to undercut our military.
The whole situation makes me sick to my stomach. The enemy, as everyone knows, commits barbaric acts of brutality on our forces and upon innocent persons on a quotidian basis - it is at the core of their Koranic duty to do so. Where the Hell is the outrage in the media about their acts? Where is the outrage in Dar Al Islam over such barbaric acts? Don't hold your breath!
The most pernicious and dangerous evil in the world today is Islam and the secularists (useful idiots) who carry their water.
Islam Delenda Est!
Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!