More From The Society Of Individual Morality

J.J. Jackson* | April 21, 2005

Anyone remember Hasan Akbar? What if I say Sergeant Hasan Akbar? No? What if I I mention the soldier that murdered two and injured more than 10 other fellow soldiers at the start of the Iraq War?

Perhaps you remember it vaguely?

Well, his court-marshal is wrapping up with closing arguments today. And the defense is trying to justify the attack by relying on accusations that other soldiers in his platoon were basically mean to him because he was a black Muslim. His father said that the platoon consisted of ?individuals tattooed with NAZI, KKK and Confederate Flag Symbols.? He even said that they would ?mock? his son.

Aww ? where?s the world?s smallest violin because I need to play it.

First of all, I have seen no facts that support the ?NAZI? and ?KKK? allegations. Confederate Flags? Maybe. Lots of people have tattoos of that. Second of all, someone picking on you and having any of these symbols alone is not enough to justify killing someone. That is unless you think that morality is defined by the individual person.

Akbar?s lawyers do not dispute, according to Estes Thompson of the Associated Press, that he did the deed. Oh no, they can?t because Mr. Akbar admitted to it. They are however claiming that he was completely in capable of premeditating such an act and that he should be spared the death penalty.

Too bad that contradicts Hasan?s own writings prior to being deployed. ?I am not going to do anything about it as long as I stay here. But as soon as I am in Iraq, I am going to try and kill as many of them as possible.? Those are his words. And it seems pretty clear.

So how can any competent lawyer even try to argue that Hasan could not have premeditated the act? I think that the answer is that his lawyers are not all that competent. Because the facts are clear. Maybe his lawyers should be required to share his fate. Maybe then we?ll get some honesty from these jerks with law degrees.

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