The charges against Felix included commanding recruits to choke each other; ordering them to drink chocolate milk and then training them until they vomited; and punching recruits in the face or kicking them to the ground.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wasn\u2019t making Marines. He was breaking Marines,\u201d prosecutor Lt. Col. John Norman told the jury on Wednesday. He called Felix a bully who heaped special abuse on three Muslim recruits because of their faith.<\/p>\n
One of them, Raheel Siddiqui, a 20-year-old Pakistani-American from Taylor, Michigan, hurled himself to his death after what the jury decided was mistreatment by Felix that included slapping Siddiqui and calling him a terrorist. Siddiqui\u2019s family sued the Marine Corps last month for $100 million.<\/p>\n
The government did not charge Felix with any crime directly related to Siddiqui\u2019s death. The judge, Lt. Col. Michael Libretto, did not allow testimony about whether Felix\u2019s actions were responsible for the recruit\u2019s suicide.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Felix was also charged with forcing one trainee, Lance Corporal Ameer Bourmeche, to renounce his Muslim faith by making him ride inside the unit’s laundry dryer. Rekan Hawez, a native of Iraqi Kurdistan was forced into the dryer, but the machine was never turned on.<\/p>\n
I don’t know any Non-Commissioned Officers who would have engaged or condoned this behavior. Felix was an exception to the rule. Private Felix can serve his prison time knowing that Bowe Bergdahl is running around free without a dishonorable discharge. While I agree that Felix earned his sentence, Bergdahl deserved an equal sentence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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