Re: More revelations abt atrocities in Iraq
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Actually most news reports I see usually use the term alleged to decribe people being charged with crimes, even if it seems obvious that they did in fact commit those crimes. Too bad that courtesy isnt afforded to American servicemembers. And for the record, if it turns out they did murder these people, I hope they are punished to the full extent of the law.
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Unfortunately the track record of the military investigating its own is shoddy, IMO. Partly due to the viewpoint that "war is dirty business", "collateral damage will happen". Usually a good coat of whitewash - "99.9 percent of servicemen are fine people", "there are some bad apples out there", "our targetting and ordnance is very accurate", "we take great pains to avoid collateral damage".
If the military would allow the investigations to be done by civilians, that would make things better.
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