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In reply to the discussion: Green Beret who beat up accused child rapist can stay in Army [View all]procon
(15,805 posts)and it has nothing to do with law and order in Afghanistan. It's not as if this man saved lives or did something selfless, to the contrary, his thoughtless actions probably endangered the lives of the boy and his mother, as well as other civilians, and put Americans at risk for retaliation and revenge attacks.
That board succumbed to heavy pressure coming from rightwing politicians to let the soldier off the hook and overturn the first decision that gave him the boot. They acted not because he did something right, but because of adverse public opinion that had more in common with vigilantism than anything to do with laws.
Now you're encouraging vigilantes to threaten government authorities with violence instead of pursuing legal and legislative changes, I think we're done here.