...thus denying the official record of his full story.
Agreed, and while I am glad this ordeal is over for SSgt Wuterich and his family, part of me is deflated. Without an official record, there are still media stories like this today: Iraqi government planning legal action over Haditha massacre.
Haditha will remain a massacre to most people because that opinion is just too well entrenched by now and there's nothing to counter it beyond what is already out for the world to see--if anyone cares to look which they really don't.
That sounds more depressed than I feel but it's hard to celebrate this outcome--especially when the Marines should never have been charged in the first place. But that goes without saying. We can only hope these Marines can get their lives back on track and that the damage this has done to our nation and our military is not permanent.
Sorry to say more bad days than good lately, but hobbling along.
... the damage this has done to our nation and our military is not permanent.
I fear we're too late on that score, but we all gotta keep fighting! Cheers.