I'm not the type of person who automatically gives ANYone a free pass, and as such I don't get on the "Support our Troops!" bandwagon. It's not that I don't want to thank the men and women in our armies, it's just that I know people. A lot of our soldiers are guilty of crimes, but the vast majority of them are decent people. It's the guilty among them that cause the most harm to them. That said, I want to thank the good men and women in uniform for their service. Please keep up the good work, it is appreciated, even if it sometimes sounds like it isn't. Afghan attacks soldier Robert Bales to plead guilty A US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in two rampages last year will plead guilty to avoid the death penalty, his lawyers say. "He left a US outpost in Kandahar province in the early hours of 11 March 2012, attacking two villages nearby. Most victims were women and children." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22712004
