I can't see the CBC article because the website is being blocked by my apartment's ISP for some reason, so I don't know if any specific charges are being listed...
Either way, part of the trouble is that this boils down to a matter of the words of two different people being pit against each other. Such is the case, for example, when a soldier shoots a child.
"They had a gun, they aimed it at me."
"It was not a gun it was a toy!"
"It looked like I gun. I had to take action to protect myself and my men."
And so it goes.
It's not that I don't believe such accusations - there were plenty of wrong-doings, of that I am certain of.
But the trouble is that we're not very well liked in the areas where there has been conflict. And this would be a pandora's box that would declare open season on US Troops everywhere, whether or not they served with honor. Do we really want a witch hunt like this on our hands?
Either way, part of the trouble is that this boils down to a matter of the words of two different people being pit against each other. Such is the case, for example, when a soldier shoots a child.
"They had a gun, they aimed it at me."
"It was not a gun it was a toy!"
"It looked like I gun. I had to take action to protect myself and my men."
And so it goes.
It's not that I don't believe such accusations - there were plenty of wrong-doings, of that I am certain of.
But the trouble is that we're not very well liked in the areas where there has been conflict. And this would be a pandora's box that would declare open season on US Troops everywhere, whether or not they served with honor. Do we really want a witch hunt like this on our hands?