re: #245 Shvaughn

Because the inherent inequalities in the military occupation of a country distort the justice system.

In what way?

This soldier’s crime was against the people of Afghanistan. Ideally, he should be tried by those people and not by his employers who occupy the nation of his victims.

Ideally, sure. But we’re not in an ideal world. The question is which court can give the man the fairest trial.

He won’t be tried by his ‘employers’. He’s not a contractor. He’ll be tried in a military tribunal, with a hell of a lot of attention paid.

This is not like Mai Lai. There is not a general policy of killing citizens, there will not be a coverup of that policy.