By Matt for the TIB Network:
We report some good news from Iraq. Occassionally, a story comes up that just disgusts me.
This is one of those.
A North Carolina National Guard member thought to be the first U.S. soldier convicted of murdering an Iraqi said he "snapped" and shot the 17-year-old boy after they had consensual sex, according to court-martial records released this week.
Pvt. Federico Daniel Merida, 21, of Biscoe, a tiny town south of Asheboro, pleaded guilty during a court-martial in Iraq to shooting the Iraqi national guard private, whose name the Army withheld.
Merida was sentenced Sept. 25 to 25 years in prison and reduced in rank. He will be dishonorably discharged.
I think this guy should have been turned over to the Iraqis for justice...it would have been a huge gesture of good faith in the system.
Islamofascism Delenda Est!
