The commanding officer on the scene that morning in Haditha, Lt William Kallop, testifies this morning.
It’s funny, you call in an air strike and everyone dies, but no one holds the pilot responsible.
You send in Marines and a civilian dies and they all want to hang the marine.
These men should be given an apology for this travesty of a trial and sent home.
Everything Nat writes is worth reading, but I think this is his best piece since the trial started.
“I would have called in an airstrike,” Salinas replied.
What little chance the prosecution had of getting a conviction vanished with this question and answer.
Excellent overview by Nat Helms. So, the jurors have photos of all the victims in their notebooks? How normal is that, I wonder?
This seems pretty prejudicial to me. The jurors are being forced to look at the photos constantly vs. the photos being a part of the body of evidence that can be reviewed if needed. I guess the prosecution believes their case is so weak, they are relying on the horror frozen in time in 2D to influence these men. These pictures would have been just as horrifying (maybe more so), had an airstrike been called in as Salinas suggested.......but noone would be on trial.
I would also like to see all politicians who overrode reality and used their influence so that this transvestite of justice would go forward be prevented from ever doing it again but I know that's never going to happen. They need to get back to their unicorn worshiping butt sniffer world and let the adults do their job.