Interesting suicide in iraq

[brucelanthier]

I am Sullied-No More

Faced with the Iraq war's corruption, Col. Ted Westhusing chose death before dishonor
Robert Bryce

Ted Westhusing was a true believer. And that was his fatal flaw.
A colonel in the U.S. Army, Westhusing had a good job teaching English at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He was a devout Catholic who went to church nearly every Sunday. He had a wife and three young children.
He didn"™t have to go to Iraq. But Westhusing was such a believer that he volunteered for what he thought was a noble cause. At West Point, Westhusing sought out people who opposed the war in an effort to change their minds. "œHe absolutely believed that this was a just war,"� said one officer who was close to him. "œHe was wholly enthusiastic about this mission."� His tour of duty in Iraq was to last six months.
About a month before he was to return to his family"”on June 5, 2005"”Westhusing was found dead in his trailer at Camp Dublin in Baghdad. At the time, he was the highest-ranking American soldier to die in Iraq. The Army"™s Criminal Investigation Command report on Westhusing"™s death explained it as a "œperforating gunshot wound of the head and Manner of Death was suicide."�
He was 44.

........... read the rest here - http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=2440
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[brucelanthier]

More -

http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/books/87/0316166286/chapter_excerpt24536.html

[ipscshooter]

ORIGINAL: brucelanthier

Col. Ted Westhusing chose death before dishonor

He was a devout Catholic who went to church nearly every Sunday. He had a wife and three young children.
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Seems a bit odd that a "devout Catholic" would choose death by suicide over dishonor. I thought "devout Catholics" believed that suicide meant spending eternity in hell.

[brucelanthier]

ORIGINAL: ipscshooter

Seems a bit odd that a "devout Catholic" would choose death by suicide over dishonor. I thought "devout Catholics" believed that suicide meant spending eternity in hell.

I thought the same thing. That is just one of the many interesting things I found in this. Perhaps he didn't choose suicide.

[etothepii]

first link is dead, the second tells nothing of the suicide. Was there a note left? Are there any other details?

[brucelanthier]

first link still works for me.

try this - http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=2440&print=true

[Lubricious]

I think he is still pretty much dishonored lol

[kevin1]

ORIGINAL: brucelanthier

Perhaps he didn't choose suicide.

Or perhaps it was chosen for him...

[Lubricious]

Maybe, as a devout Catholic, he was banging the young maletroops, got caught and chose suicide

[falcon]

"Maybe, as a devout Catholic, he was banging the young maletroops, got caught and chose suicide"

Something like thatProtestant poster boy; Rep. Foley, who got caught hanging around with young boys. BTW: Have not heard a peep about that Foley creep in about a year. Wonder which rock he is hiding under?