Army Guard: Military Portrayal '100 Percent Untrue' (Abu Ghraib)

[Kadie]

Army Guard: Military Portrayal '100 Percent Untrue'

POSTED: 6:05 pm PDT June 1, 2005
UPDATED: 6:09 pm PDT June 1, 2005

NEWARK, N.J. -- The first Army reservist to be freed after serving time for his role in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal says he is a good person who was under tremendous stress in Iraq.

Javal S. Davis was released from military prison Sunday after serving less than four months for mistreating detainees. In his first interview since being freed, the former Army sergeant said Wednesday that the horrific conditions in and around Abu Ghraib -- open sewage, rotting body parts and constant fear of death from rockets and bombs - would "drive the most docile soldier from `Gomer Pyle' into `Full Metal Jacket."'

He said he regrets the part he played in an episode that generated widespread anti-American sentiment, but said it was blown out of proportion by the media.

"I'm a good person," Davis said in the interview at his lawyer's office. "The way I was portrayed as a soldier at Abu Ghraib is 100 percent untrue. I'm not the bad apple soldier I was portrayed as being by the military."

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[noamnety]

1. I read the article

and felt a twinge of sympathy for him. Until I got to the crap where he puts the blame on the media, for not covering it up.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

2. That bothered me also

It wasn't trumped up by the media, it was exposed. I got the impression he was feeling sorry for himself and not the people who were being tortured.

It was still an enlightening read.

[dArKeR]

7. Sympathy for the Devil - Warning graphic.

[alfredo]

3. Another tragedy.

He just had a mirror held up to him. Not sure if he is ready to take responsibility.

[bpilgrim]

4. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > a_few_bad_apples.mp3

http://news.globalfreepress.com/mp3/aar/af/gore/a_few_bad_apples.mp3
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http://news.globalfreepress.com/mp3/aar/af/gore

peace

[ogradda]

5. Give me a break.

You're a good person? You're a flaming sick asshole.

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[MisterP]

8. how many Americans will applaud? How many!

[Solly Mack]

9. Whatever there, bud

You go ahead and tell yourself whatever it is you have to tell yourself in order to sleep at night...but don't blame the media for what YOUR actions caused.

[LynnTheDem]

10. "100% untrue" would mean he didn't do it. In fact he did do it. In fact

other soldiers did not do it, and they reported the torturers.

So in fact NOT all soldiers would turn into "Full Metal Jacket".

4 months for torture and abuse.

3 months for murder.

No wonder the world doesn't want our "American justice".

[Voltaire99]

11. Well said, Lynn.

No interest here in the crocodile tears of torturers.

[Supersedeas]

12. Blame the Media...Blame the Media...Blame the Media

now, when I snap my fingers...all of it will seem like a bad dream.