Are you not paying attention? I said what you said was true (no means for arrest). Then I lamented that it used to be the patriotic and wise thing to do.
Are you wanting to hang this Marine the way you wanted to hang the Lt Colonel earlier in this War? Sites is a scumbag.
So let's drop it and walk away.
Nope. The Marine, from what I saw on the tape, was justified. Lt. Col West Article 15'd several of his soldiers for violating several standing orders for handling prisoners, violated those same orders himself, and then tried to conduct his defense in the press instead of the courtroom. In short, West demonstrated that he was unable to command himself and was thus unfit for command in a combat zone. The two situations are very different.