Soldier Risks Lives of Comrades for Girl

Soldier Risks Lives of Comrades for Girl

They just don't get it. His defenders in this story say that he is being discharged for "falling in love". Wrong. He told people he thought he could trust WHEN and WHERE his patrol was going to be. What would these same people be saying if their beloved son had not only managed to get killed but also helped terrorists murder his ENTIRE PATROL at the same time? Well, THEN it would be the Army's fault for letting them hook up with the local or some such nonsense.

Certianly this poor love-struck boy did nothing wrong. It was just for love. Anything is allowable for looooove. Horsesh*t!

local6.com - News - Soldier Who Married Iraqi To Be Discharged

An American soldier has been reprimanded and will be discharged for taking a break from a foot patrol in Baghdad to marry an Iraqi woman, his lawyer said Monday.

Sgt. Sean Blackwell, 27, is being punished for divulging the time and location of the patrol to his bride and the Iraqi judge who married them, his attorney said. The Florida National Guardsman avoided a possible court-martial for dereliction of duty and disobeying orders. . . .

"The more they punish him, the more negative publicity the military likely will receive," he said. "He is guilty of falling in love."

"He's a little ticked off at the government right now," she said. "I'd hate for him to get a dishonorable discharge because he fell in love."