gop candidate killed two unarmed iraqis

[niyad]

GOP Candidate Killed 2 Unarmed Iraqis

A Tea Party-backed congressional candidate in North Carolina is facing scrutiny for having killed two unarmed Iraqis while serving in Iraq. The candidate, Ilario Pantano, has said he has no regrets about fatally shooting the two at point blank range after detaining them near Fallujah in April 2004. Prosecutors later alleged that Pantano intended to make an example of the men by shooting them sixty times and hanging a sign over their corpses that read "No better friend, no worse enemy." Pantano did not deny hanging the sign or shooting the men repeatedly after stopping their vehicle at a checkpoint. He admitted to emptying one magazine of bullets into the Iraqis, then reloading and firing thirty more rounds. Despite his admission, the military cleared Pantano of wrongdoing in 2005. He’s now in a tight race with Democrat Mike McIntyre in North Carolina’s 7th Congressional District.

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/10/27/headlines#8

[KansDem]

1. Oh, the irony: He's "pro-life"

From his campaign website:

Preserve a child's right to life. The moral and Biblical imperatives to preserve and protect our children cannot be denied. Nowhere else in society are the rights of adults given preference over the rights of a child. As a practical and strategic matter, if the U.S. fails to maintain a sufficiently high birthrate, we will experience irreversible population decline leading to a economic strain and eventually, societal collapse.

http://www.pantanoforcongress.com/issues-0

Well, sorta...

[niyad]

2. are we really surrpised? the hypocricy is unending.

[krabigirl]

3. Of course. "pro life" just means pro forced pregnancy.

[dgibby]

5. How else to provide cannon fodder for the voracious war machine? n/t

[leeroysphitz]

4. I hate to say it but these charges will probably help not hurt him

especially in this part of N.C..

[niyad]

7. I know, and that is just one more commentary on the sad state of this country.

[WinkyDink]

6. Bringing democracy, one corpse at a time.

[niyad]

8. ....