> Highest Ranking US Officer Killed in Iraq Was An Apparent Suicide
24 June 2005, 20:39
Ted was due to return to his first love, teaching at West Point, in July. 1905. Accordingly, he had some 4x days of duty in Iraq prior to his returning to his wife, 3 children, his extended family, friends, and fellow officers and cadets. He was looking forward to that return. He had his disappointments with what was occurring in the training of Iraq security troops, but thought he was gaining some success in accomplishing the task. He was a Catholic and attended mass regularly with his family in the U.S. and as he could when posted in Iraq. He was an intellectual as well as a soldier and challenged his intellect by majoring in philosophy, one of the more difficult subjects to master. He excelled in the subjects associated with that study which include the Greek language, Greek literature and history, and the great Greek philosophers. He involved himself with a broad range of philosophers including Kant, Witgenstein, and other contemporary published teachers of philosophy. He has published papers in his field and has a manuscript at several publishing houses for review. He was deeply concerned about and involved with the teaching of ethics and honor theory and practice to the cadets at West Point. Beyond study and teaching, he was an excellent athlete and actively involved in intermural basketball and biking at West Point. He took pride in the fact that he could defeat most of the young crowd in bike climbing Bear Mountain near West Point. As you can see, Colonel Ted Westhusing had much to live for. In that regard, I question the speculation that he is an apparent suicide. We need to await the findings of the Army investigation to learn the facts that will be presented. Ted’s father, Keith Westhusing, Laramie, WY.
Ted was due to return to his first love, teaching at West Point, in July. 1905. Accordingly, he had some 4x days of duty in Iraq prior to his returning to his wife, 3 children, his extended family, friends, and fellow officers and cadets. He was looking forward to that return. He had his disappointments with what was occurring in the training of Iraq security troops, but thought he was gaining some success in accomplishing the task. He was a Catholic and attended mass regularly with his family in the U.S. and as he could when posted in Iraq. He was an intellectual as well as a soldier and challenged his intellect by majoring in philosophy, one of the more difficult subjects to master. He excelled in the subjects associated with that study which include the Greek language, Greek literature and history, and the great Greek philosophers. He involved himself with a broad range of philosophers including Kant, Witgenstein, and other contemporary published teachers of philosophy. He has published papers in his field and has a manuscript at several publishing houses for review. He was deeply concerned about and involved with the teaching of ethics and honor theory and practice to the cadets at West Point. Beyond study and teaching, he was an excellent athlete and actively involved in intermural basketball and biking at West Point. He took pride in the fact that he could defeat most of the young crowd in bike climbing Bear Mountain near West Point. As you can see, Colonel Ted Westhusing had much to live for. In that regard, I question the speculation that he is an apparent suicide. We need to await the findings of the Army investigation to learn the facts that will be presented. Ted’s father, Keith Westhusing, Laramie, WY.