The Marine Corps has announced that David Motari — the Marine Lance Corporal made infamous by his video tossing a puppy off a cliff in Iraq — will be expelled from the Corps. Another Marine involved in the incident — Marine, Sgt. Crismarvin Banez Encarnacion — will receive nonjudicial punishment.
We have previously shown the video, here and discussed the case, here. It appears that the Marines do not agree with Michele Markin, here that it might have been a stuff pup.
Previously, I suggested that a less than honorable discharge would be an appropriate sanction in this case. The Marines appear to have gone about this process fairly. Not rushing to any conclusions and giving the accused their opportunity to be heard. Once again, however, none of this would have occurred but for the existence of the video. As for Motari, it is hard to imagine what his future may be, but PETA representative is probably not one of those career options.
He should be thrown off of a cliff.
Hey JMS; GOOD LORD! and you wonder why the left loses election after election unless they run blue dog democrats so blue democrats cannot even trust them to vote with the democrats in congress!
To make a statement that a human being should be thrown off a cliff for an act against an animal is too far out there.
You don’t know the mindframe of this individual; you don’t know what he was going through, you don’t know how he was raised or by whom. The Marine Corp punished him; let it go.
fuck you badger. he SHOULD have been kicked off a cliff and i’d have done it myself if i were there. human life is only precious if it respects all innocent life. who gives a SHIT what he was going through or how he was raised. if he’s mentally disturbed enough to kill innocent life the world can do without him. he was laughing like it was a big joke anyway.
Mr. Turley: your blog seems to attract more than its share of people that think a point is best made by using the F & S word attacks. Shame.
What the hell is going with this country? This country ( united States ) 80% people is mentally retarded and bitching about a video clip? do you guys have anything else to do? Just a random video made him become a hateful and famous Marine on youtube.com . you people needs to mind their own business. If you like it so much why don’t you take a plane to go over Iraq and get them from eating dead human bodies. I should go make a video of killing a dog so you hippies and media have more stuff to talk about.
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Dung:
Your eloquent words and diction (“This country ( united States ) 80% people is mentally retarded…) prove Mill’s observation that while all conservatives aren’t stupid, most stupid people are conservative.
Mespo727272:
I dont think Mill was thinking of modern day conservatives.