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In reply to the discussion: Like it or Not, Bradley Manning is a Traitor [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)I guess right now I will have to take your word for it.
But they seem like silly "crimes" to me. Killing a wounded enemy is a crime? Why would I want to allow an enemy to recover and return to harm me?
Killing those who would aid a wounded enemy is a crime? Again, why would I want my enemy, or enemies to recover? Why isn't it very likely that those rushing to aid a wounded enemy are not also enemies?
When you think you are shooting at armed enemies, and it turns out you were not, then that is a deadly mistake, rather than a deliberate result. But they also said a loaded RPG was found at the scene. Untrue? Planted?
That incident happened on 12 July 2007.
The reason for keeping it classified is to not give propaganda to the enemy. If you think this incident was so horrible, you might consider that our side was trying to stop things like this
"April 18 Four bombings occur in Baghdad, killing at least 198 in the April 18, 2007 Baghdad bombings"
If the accidental killing of a dozen civilians is a HUGE war crime, then what the fuck is the DELIBERATE killing of over 198 civilians?
and this
"May 6 Roadside bombs killed eight American soldiers in separate attacks in Diyala province and Baghdad as sectarian tension rises. In all, at least 95 Iraqis were killed or found dead nationwide."
November 7 2007 becomes the most deadly year for American troops in Iraq.
"April 14 Insurgents detonated a car bomb inside at a bus station in Karbala, killing at least 37 and wounding more than 150."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_in_Iraq#June
Well, at least the insurgents were not killing civilians like the American war criminals. Since we don't apparently have any video of them setting their bombs, let's put forward a video to make the Americans look like the bad guys.
We never should have invaded. I took part in a protest trying to stop it, wrote my congresspeople to no avail, but it is not like we made some people set bombs to kill their fellow Iraqis. And the death of 18 is not as big a war crime as the death of 198. I say the people who set those bombs need to be prosecuted for war crimes.
Oh, and the violence continues even after we have gone "During the first two weeks of July 2013, a series of coordinated bombings and shootings struck across several cities in Iraq, killing at least 389 people and injuring more than 800 others." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2013_Iraq_attacks