Sad when warriors are treated like criminals.
"Sad when warriors are treated like criminals."
It is sad. We had a shoot first, ask question later when we engaged the Germans in WWII. What a different era it is...
Sadder when they act like criminals.
I sincerely hope that is not what happened with these men.
Unless they are criminals. Then it is what a just nation does.
That's why we have military courts -- sometimes the good guys aren't good. We don't have a military of saints, but we have a military that seeks to be saints, and will discipline accordingly.
I don't know how any of us here could know whether these young men are guilty or not. There are 11 dead women and children, so we can't simply say the victims deserved to die so who cares.
Obviously women and children die in combat, but the rules of engagement should not have lead to a room of unarmed women and children being shot or fragged by our own troops. We can disagree with those rules, although when you are fighting to save people from insurgents it makes sense not to kill them in the process.
Like I said, I don't know all the facts, and I hope they are all found not guilty because I hope they are not guilty. But I'm not going to deride my military for taking the time to hold a trial to determine the truth in the matter.
These warriors are accused of acting like criminals. Sad, too, if it turns out to be true.