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Apparent Suicide of Ethical US Colonel in Iraq Raises Questions
Col. Theodore Westhusing, 44, died in Baghdad, Iraq on June 5, 2005, from non-combat related injuries. He was serving with the Multi-national Security Transition Command-Iraq and was assigned to the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.
Col. Westhusing was a military ethicist with a reputation of being "strongly Christian" who volunteered to go to Iraq, and was upset by what he saw. His apparent suicide raises many questions.
Col. Westhusing was a military ethicist with a reputation of being "strongly Christian" who volunteered to go to Iraq, and was upset by what he saw. His apparent suicide raises many questions.
”In e-mails to his family, Westhusing seemed especially upset by one conclusion he had reached: that traditional military values such as duty, honor and country had been replaced by profit motives in Iraq, where the U.S. had come to rely heavily on contractors for jobs once done by the military.”
The article continues:
“On the Internet and in conversations with one another, Westhusing's family and friends have questioned the military investigation. A note found in his trailer seemed to offer clues. Written in what the Army determined was his handwriting, the colonel appeared to be struggling with a final question. How is honor possible in a war like the one in Iraq?”
LINKS:
http://www.fallenheroesmemorial.com/oif/profiles/westhusingtheodores.html
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/900007.html
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001571074
What is USIS?
http://www.usis.com/
http://www.usis.com/pr_Top100.htm
THE MAIN STORY by T. Christian Miller, LA Times Staff Writer:
The article continues:
“On the Internet and in conversations with one another, Westhusing's family and friends have questioned the military investigation. A note found in his trailer seemed to offer clues. Written in what the Army determined was his handwriting, the colonel appeared to be struggling with a final question. How is honor possible in a war like the one in Iraq?”
LINKS:
http://www.fallenheroesmemorial.com/oif/profiles/westhusingtheodores.html
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/900007.html
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001571074
What is USIS?
http://www.usis.com/
http://www.usis.com/pr_Top100.htm
THE MAIN STORY by T. Christian Miller, LA Times Staff Writer:
For more information:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wo...
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