Nobody went to jail for the Haditha massacre

Nobody went to jail for the Backwater killing spree in Iraq..

That's assuming the killer's counsel can't throw the hook during the trial--and keep in mind that the Bush Administration built in innumerable secret protections and loopholes designed to sweep incidents just like this under the rug.

Factor in the DoD's preference for lying first and disclosing as little of the truth as necessary later (meaning that what we think we know about this incident may be largely fabricated), and this one is bigger than the rug.

War is a shit sandwich and everyone has to take a bite, I guess, but I can't see any due process outcome which doesn't enrage many Afghanis and end in more deaths and more violence.

I suppose extraditing him back to Afghanistan to stand trial there is out of the question. But that's the only way I can see this fuse getting snipped ahead of the spark.

If an active duty Afghan soldier had murdered 17 American civilians on US soil, do you think we'd allow him to be flown bach to Afghanistan for trial?

On his next leave. I doubt that it would be considered a purely military affair. One can hardly blame the people of Afghanistan for doubting the process.

If we have any faith in that fine nation that we've rebuilt, we should permit that sovereign state to prosecute this case. If not, then what the fuck have we been doing over there for all these years?

Real simple.

A US serviceman was fairly recently convicted, in Japan, by the Japanese, for a rape that occurred in Japan.

A US serviceman slaughters 17 people, including CHILDREN!!!, and we don't even let the Afghanis TALK to him.

If that ain't a big F. U. to Afghanistan, I don't even know what is.

I don't like or support the Taliban or terrorists, but it sure as shootin' isn't hard to understand why some would want Amerika destroyed.