God help us if we convict this man.
An Army officer fought back tears Wednesday as he acknowledged threatening to shoot an Iraqi detainee to extract information about a planned attack, saying that to protect his troops he would "go to hell with a gasoline can in my hand."...
During breaks in the hearing, sympathetic soldiers approached West and offered support. Some asked that their picture be taken with him. A female soldier approached West and hugged him outside the hearing room.
West also got some support from Washington. Sen. James Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican, said unless new information emerges, he thinks the officer "should be commended for his actions in interrogation that prevented an attack on the soldiers of his command. That's my feeling, and I think others may share it but may not want to say it."
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