{"id":1443,"date":"2008-04-03T08:24:24","date_gmt":"2008-04-03T12:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=1443"},"modified":"2008-04-03T08:32:46","modified_gmt":"2008-04-03T12:32:46","slug":"wapo-makes-local-killing-about-the-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=1443","title":{"rendered":"WaPo makes local killing about the war"},"content":{"rendered":"

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McQueen\/Smith<\/p>\n

In an article about one room mate killing killing the other, the Washington Post couldn’t help but make the story about the war against terror. the article entitled “Ex-Ranger Convicted of Killing Roommate<\/a>“, the murder had nothing to do with the killer being an ex-Ranger;<\/p>\n

A former Army Ranger was found guilty of second-degree murder yesterday in the slaying of a fellow Ranger who died of a gunshot wound in their Gaithersburg apartment in 2006.<\/p>\n

After deliberating for six hours, a Montgomery County Circuit Court jury rejected Gary Smith’s claim that his roommate, Michael McQueen II, shot himself while the men were alone in their apartment.<\/p>\n

“This man got exactly what he deserved,” Michael McQueen, McQueen’s father, said of Smith after the verdict was returned. “We’re very, very, very relieved.”<\/p>\n

The defense and prosecution theories of the case pointed to mental struggles faced by many veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. In extremes cases, veterans have harmed others or themselves.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First of all, since no mention of their unit is in the article, I can’t make the determination whether either or both were truly Rangers – it’s been my experience that almost everyone who was ever in the Army claims to be a Ranger. No one was ever a cook or a clerk – it’s one big Ranger unit.<\/p>\n

Secondly, there was no need to mention that either were Rangers or even veterans. They probably could have just as truthfully titled the article “Ex-grocery clerk convicted of killing roommate”. The thing the media and the public in general forget is that veterans come from our general population – not from some farm where the government creates super-soldiers. Some guys are screwed up before they join, but most veterans are just everyday folks who look at what they had to do as a job and we move on when our time’s up.<\/p>\n

But the media likes to make more out of the rare cases of irrational conduct than actually exists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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