'I didn't think of Iraqis as humans,' says U.S. soldier who raped 14-year-old girl

The worst thing is people deciding that everyone in every single Armed Force is the same, that they're all inhuamne, murderous, vicious people. That's the bigger crime, the bigger perpetuation of ignorance.

The Armed Forces are a cross section of society, sure there are bad apples, people who are inherently not nice, but there are people like that who've never come close the Armed Forces who've done far worse.

By all means ciriticise and vilify those who commit crimes, heinous or not, but painting every single serviceman with the same brush? Makes you look like the idiot, tbh.

Belief that the Death Penalty should be sought in a case and actively hoping for the person to die are two very different things. If you can't see the distinction then there's something wrong with you.

What is the difference here? I hope he does, after killing three people and raping this young woman.

'If I thought that was an OK thing now, I wouldn't be much of a human being,' Green said.

He rapes a 14 year old girl. Raping is immoral and sick. You hope he gets raped in jail but that isn't immoral and sick? You also believe he should be killed? Well ain't you just one happy sane person rather than a twisted sadistic individual.

He rapes a 14 year old girl. Raping is immoral and sick. You hope he gets raped in jail but that isn't immoral and sick? You also believe he should be killed? Well ain't you just one happy sane person rather than a twisted sadistic individual.

You have never been to war so i don't think you can see things from somebody who has experienced it. Not justifying him, but it is what it is.

Green didn't testify at trial. During sentencing, he apologized and said he expects to face 'God's justice' when he dies.

same thing happened en masse in My Lai and in countless other locations and times during war.

he's sick, but after studying the psychological effects being trained for war can have on an individual, when he says he wouldn't have done it had he not been in the army, i believe him.

i mean, it's obviously possible he had it in him all along, but so many atrocities like this have happened in similar situations, it'd be naive to assume military training doesn't have a massive effect. they're trained to obey orders; to kill without thinking. it's drilled into them. people on this forum would do the same if they were put through the same training.