The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released new information today revealing that the United States’ armed services have offered more “moral waiver” than previously disclosed. Those waivers allow convicted felons to serve despite their criminal records.
According to the data given to the committee by the Department of Defense, the Army allowed the most waivers in 2006 and 2007. During this period, moral or felony waivers were given to 3 soldiers who had been convicted of manslaughter. One soldier was allowed in following a kidnapping or abduction conviction, 11 were convicted of arson, 142 convicted of burglary, 3 who were convicted of indecent acts or liberties with a child, 7 who were convicted of rape, sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, incest or other sex crimes and 3 who were convicted of terrorist threats including bomb threats.
Gays, meanwhile, must remain in the closet, unlike common criminals.
Gays? No. Felons? Yes!
Joke’s on them: Prison sodomy is a gateway to military sodomy.
Bill Perdue
Considering the sociopathic goal of the US invasion/occupation/oil piracy and that it’s directly and solely responsible for the genocide that’s murdered 1,000,000 plus Iraqis, it should come as no surprise that the armed forces are recruiting experienced criminals and killers.
Quite early in the war most of us were surprised at the brutality of the Iraqis to a crew of US mercenaries. They tortured and mutilated the American mercenaries and then the Iraqis strung them up and burned what was left of them. What we weren’t being told at the time, but which all of Iraq knew, was that these mercenaries were torturing and butchering thousands of Iraqis.
The crimes of these paid mercenary thugs from companies like Blackwater, the modern version of ‘Murder for Hire’, make the crimes of the average US street thug seem tame by comparison.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/rights/75794/
Bill Perdue
Considering the sociopathic goal of the US invasion/occupation/oil piracy and that its directly and solely responsible for the genocide that’s murdered 1,000,000 plus Iraqis, it should come as no surprise that the armed forces are recruiting experienced criminals and killers.
Quite early in the war most of us were surprised at the brutality of the Iraqis to a crew of US mercenaries. They tortured and mutilated the American mercenaries and then strung them up and burned them. What we weren’t being told at the time, but which all of Iraq knew, was that these mercenaries were torturing and butchering thousands of Iraqis. The crimes of these paid mercenary thugs from companies like Blackwater, the modern version of ‘Murder for Hire’, make the crimes of the average US street thug seem tame by comparison.
kevin57
I’m wondering when the Family Values crowd is going to weigh in with condemnations of allowing convicts to serve in the military.
Maverick69
This is old news honey, What’s taken you guys so long?
If you kept up with current events you would have known the story of ex-armed service member who wants to be a NYC Police officer, whom I might add is suing the city to become a Police officer.
At 25K a year this is what you get.
Alan down in Florida
I say empty the prisons of all able-bodied males under 45, ship them off to Iraq and let them fight their way home. Will give them an outlet for their aggression and maybe teach a handful of them how to live a valuable life without crime.
M Shane
You got the jump on me Bill; you’re right. This just gives me more to get sick about. The “military activity” we are engaged in is nothing but murderouis scavanging of of innocent people. Why not have practiced murderers and pschopaths. to perform the terrorization torture and murder of a whole race of people.
Who cares if they rape twomen and children on the way.Along with this, do you think that the murderous mercinaries hired by Black water get decent people to work for them; they get freeks.
Gay people might just be ethical and compassionate.
Fuck Bush and those bastards in this government.
How long will Americans allow this ? Probably till they are turned on American citizens. They can commit crimes here with military condolences.