US military officer driven to suicide

[Green Cheesiest™]

Welcome back GR. Sorry its on a sad note

[OldWiseOne]

Originally Posted by SLU Law Spartan

based on what this administration engaged him in.

[Enrico Palazzo]

Originally Posted by Bullwrinkle

Do you live in a cave or something? Go back and google Senator Durbin's speech on the Senate floor where he compared our soliders to Hitler, Pol Pot etc...

Try to get out just a little - OK?

Is that what Hannity and Rush said Durbin said? You obviously didn't watch the actual speech. He was referring to the policies and orders sent down by military leadership, not the actual soldiers, and there was not actual comparison, rather saying that these are the actions you'd expect those groups to engage in. Swing and another miss, Bullwrinkle...

[EComCon]

Originally Posted by go_disc_golf

or maybe he knew too much and was offed.

Did Security Contractors Kill Colonel Westhusing? : NO QUARTER

Here’s the story in a nutshell. A U.S. Army Colonel Ted Westhusing supervising U.S. security contractors may have been murdered to keep him silent about the fraud he witnessed. Westhusing allegedly killed himself in Iraq in 2005. Before deploying to Iraq he taught English at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. But in Iraq instead of teaching poetry or writing, he supervised security contractors involved in training Iraqi police:

Although the article linked above and here strongly imply that Westhusing killed himself, I have it from a source with firsthand knowledge that some military officers who were on the ground with Westhusing believe he was murdered to keep him from blowing the whistle on the corruption he witnessed. I have confirmed that these individuals are willing to tell all they know to Congressman Henry Waxman’s committee. Stay tuned.

Larry Johnson: Did Security Contractors Kill Colonel Westhusing?

[TheGhettoHeisman]

Originally Posted by 2Green

I just learned of this yesterday while attempting to locate my old friend. Ted Westhusing was my company XO when I commanded a parachute infantry company in Italy and Ft. Bragg in the mid-80's. He was #2 in his West Point class, but as down to earth a guy as you'll ever meet. My wife and I attended his wedding to Michelle at the Main Post Chapel at Bragg. We stayed in touch until I retired 5 years ago, but I knew he was heading to WP as a permanent professor. There is no more career progression for guys who follow this path (they make full colonel, but are not in the competitive category for progression to flag ranks), and the only reason Ted found himself in Iraq is that he volunteered to go. The Ted I knew and loved as a brother in arms would not have put a pistol to his head. If it was, indeed, suicide, then Ted had changed dramatically from the man I knew all these years. Rest in peace brother. He was the best of the best.

Originally Posted by EComCon

Did Security Contractors Kill Colonel Westhusing? : NO QUARTER

Larry Johnson: Did Security Contractors Kill Colonel Westhusing?

[kaiserpete]

Originally Posted by TheGhettoHeisman

I second the .

[EComCon]

AlterNet: War on Iraq: Was a Colonel's Death in Iraq Something More Sinister Than Suicide?

By Robert Bryce, Texas Observer. Posted February 23, 2008.

New questions surround the highest ranking officer to die in Iraq.

Is David Petraeus Dirty? Ted Westhusing Said So, and Then He Shot Himself | War on Iraq | AlterNet
Murky CIA Activity at Military Outposts | AlterNet

[bukdow]

Originally Posted by kaiserpete

I second the .

Because you are a mealy-mouthed "rah-rah" *******.

[kaiserpete]

Originally Posted by bukdow

Because you are a mealy-mouthed "rah-rah" *******.

Dude...

(A) WTF are you talking about?

(B) Why are you going through my old posts? Don't you have a life?