Mark my words...I’ll bet those soldiers’ families and some looney lib judge in Britain will try to press homicide charges against the pilot(s) for this accident in the heat of battle.
No doubt you are correct... Remember the bumper sticker, “SH*T Happens”? Well SH*T never just happens any more. Now someone is always responsible.
‘Mark my words...I’ll bet those soldiers’ families and some looney lib judge in Britain will try to press homicide charges against the pilot(s) for this accident in the heat of battle.’
If I had such a scant understanding of due process under English law, I would keep my mouth shut, lest I appeared a callous fool.
Under English law an investigation via a coroners court must be held in such circumstances, irrespective of whether the friendly fire was foreign or domestic. Homicide charges have and will never be brought. Punishment of the friendly fire pilots will never be sought. Compensation will never be sought. All that is sought is a verdict on the deaths so the soldiers families may have an end point to the tragedy. The only reason US forces ever get criticised in these circumstances is because despite claiming we are allies, they usually refuse to submit any requested evidence.
If allowing due process for the soldiers of families who fight and die alongside your troops is too much to ask, maybe the US and Britain have less in common than I thought.