U.S. soldier charged with cowardice

[lebkuchen]

http://estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=18398

The soldier said he experienced a “panic attack” after seeing the mangled body of an Iraqi man and told his superior he was heading for a “nervous breakdown.”

After that, Porgany said he didn’t request to go on missions nor did the unit ask him to go. He told the Gazette that he asked for help but was denied the care soldiers with “combat stress” are supposed to receive.

Instead of help, Porgany said, one of his superiors told him to “get his head out of his ass and get with the program.”

[grannylib]

1. They finally nailed the Commander in Thief for desertion??????

[roguevalley]

2. Cowardice. Great. Emasculate even more the sick kid. Patton lives.

[lebkuchen]

3. It was a 32 year old man.

We're starting to get a sense of what our soldiers are going through.

[maha]

4. General Patton

Does anyone remember the story about General Patton slapping some soldier with "combat fatigue" (as PTSD was known then)? It got Patton into a heap o' trouble.