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Jeremy Sivits goes to jail for a year after pleading guilty. Sivits sentence is one year in prison and a bad conduct discharge from the Army. Is this justice? No, not really, we see Sivits going to jail for what the government calls just punishment, yet this is clearly an insignificant punishment given his crimes and the disgrace he has caused our country. That is unless we see Sivits serving time in Abu Ghraib prison. We know his name will forever be associated with his dishonorable actions, why should we be happy with a bad conduct discharge? Why not a dishonorable discharge - his conduct clearly dishonored America, tarnished our image abroad, and made our professional servicemen and woman look like amateurs, or worse, the very “evil doers” were are trying to defeat in this war against terror.
Why not give Sivits a dishonorable discharge? – Is it because he will testify against his fellow servicemen and woman in a typical criminal copout/rollover manuver. Could we not consider this act dishonorable?
What did Sivits say?
What does the world say:
In Lebanon a kangaroo court
Aljazerra - unbaised reporting
UK - Friends call Sivits a scapegoat
