The U.S. military tells TIME that one of the soldiers convicted for his role in Abu Ghraib, having served his sentence, has just been sent back to serve in Iraq.
Sgt. Santos Cardona, 32, a military policeman from Fullerton, Calif., served in 2003 and 2004 at Abu Ghraib as a military dog handler. After pictures of Cardona using the animal to threaten Iraqis were made public, he was convicted in May of dereliction of duty and aggravated assault, the equivalent of a felony in the U.S. civilian justice system. The prosecution demanded prison time, but a military judge instead imposed a fine and reduction in rank. Though Cardona was not put behind bars, he was also required to serve 90 days of hard labor at Ft. Bragg, N.C.
You know I am finding it harder and harder to support our military when they make these kind of insensitive decisions that seem hellbent on making Americans look like the "Great Satan" that many Iraqis and Iranians believe us to be.
Surely this guy could have been kept in the US until his military service had ended, is that really so hard to figure out?
P.S. Apparently all of the news coverage has changed the military's mind and this man will not be deployed to Iraq. It is good to see that the military can make the obvious choice if they are pressured from the outside.
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