{"id":8558,"date":"2009-03-10T10:02:54","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T15:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=8558"},"modified":"2009-03-10T15:15:19","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T20:15:19","slug":"who-wants-to-do-some-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=8558","title":{"rendered":"Who wants to do some research? (UPDATED)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIVAW took their circus on the rode to Texas, and this guy had some….compelling (??) testimony:<\/p>\n

Rooster Romriell
\nBranch of service: United States Army (USA)
\nUnit: 1-41 ARmored and 1-8 Cav
\nRank: means nothing to free men
\nHome: Texas
\nServed in: Ft. Riley, Ks, Ft. Hood, TX, Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Abu Graib, Iraq.
\nI learned to cherish the sanctity of life in the fires of war and came to my studies of Buddhism in Iraq. As an infantryman I saw the worst of the war and took it home on my shoulder. 1-41 was known for it’s murder scandals and I was the man who broke the case open, the one who stood against the evil of our own, regrettably it had to be done. Our nation is now falling to the ashes of Rome, fascist Germany, and the Persian empire. WE are weakened by our wealth and power, and this once great Babylonian fortress is set to collapse. Let’s set it free!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Anyway, set your BS detectors to stun, and ponder his testimony.<\/p>\n

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First beer is on me at the Milblog conference who can verify\/demolish this guys tale of woe.<\/p>\n

Anytime a guy claims that he was the sole person standing for truth and justice, I imediately suspect a phony. I’m sure he served there, but his “I was the man who broke the case open, the one who stood against the evil of our own” translates into grunt speak as “listen to the mating call of the endangered Blue Falcon….”<\/p>\n

Have at it kids!<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Well, it would seem that most of this is truth, which I find rather shocking. I did note this one sentence in a WaPo article:<\/p>\n

An Army investigator described Romriell as the black sheep of his squad in part because he opposed the war in Iraq. The private has since been transferred to another unit for his safety.<\/p>\n

Young testified that Williams had said, “The first chance he gets, ‘I’m going to kill Romriell.’ “<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Black sheep or no, that’s pretty messed up. <\/p>\n

So, I’ll give this guy a temporary tip o’ the hat on this one. You do screwed up stuff, you do the time. Still can’t buy into the other 99% of IVAW stories, but this guy looks legit at first read.<\/p>\n

Jonn added:<\/strong> Well, the guy doesn’t get a complete pass. He says his unit is known for “murder scandals” as if the whole unit was complicit a widespread murder spree and cover up. There was ONE SCANDAL. The offender eventually pleaded guilty. Romriel continues in his IVAW profile like he personally brought down the “empire” by sliding a note under his CO’s door. If his commander decided to investigate the crime and prosecute the criminal, that should be sufficient evidence that our military isn’t the out-of-control murder machines Romriel tries to tell us it is.<\/p>\n

On top of all of that, Romriell calls the unit 1\/41st Armor. It’s the 1\/41st INFANTRY. If he wasn’t such an ate-up, pot smoking hippie, he’d remember that and be proud of it. In fact, he was in C Co. 1\/41st – the same company COB6 and I were in together in Desert Storm. Romriell wore a Valorous Unit Citation over his right pocket that we earned for him. He could at least remember the branch he served in. <\/p>\n

And that drama queen answer about rank – that means he was probably a screw up and got out as an E-1 or E-2. He did an honorable and brave thing by turning in the murderer, but then he beclowned himself to make emo friends in the IVAW. Legit? Barely.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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