Are you surprised that a military judge dismissed the charges against an US marine for killing 24 civilians?

Question

24 civilians including women and children.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/93D65157-F9A6-40D3-80DB-B8C94E7D8229.htm

Answer 1

How can any of you make a judgement about this? Where you even there in person?

Answer 2

I think he should receive the Medal of Honor and a free trip to Disneyland.

Answer 3

I am not surprised as it is the military investigating the military.

As the previous answerer stated, those at Abu Grauve photographed themselves and someone had to pay the price, and it is not the senior officers or their seniors.

Remember My Lai during the Vietnam War. Lt. Calley was charged and went to prison for a year then to home arrest (of a life sentence) and was released after only serving 16 months. Many of his platoon should have also been convicted as many of his superiors who authorized the action or knew about it and covered it up.

The US has a history of not prosecuting their soldiers for "War Crimes" and they refuse to allow any of their citizens (military or civilian) to be tried by the "International War Crimes Tribunal" (IWCT) or the "International Court of Justice" (ICJ) which was the place for such trials prior to the recent establishment of the IWCT. The law that refuses the IWCT & the ICJ to try US citizens was passed in the early 1990's by Congress.

Answer 4

Of course not ...The Army investigating the Army ,  What a joke.....

How many have been convicted since the start of the [war ?]

Invasion..

A couple at Abu Garhib who were silly enough to photograph themselves..

Do you believe they would have been charged if those photo's hadn't come out

Answer 5

Collatoral damage.  Stop cryin about it.

Answer 6

I generally assume that enemy sources of information cannot be trusted during a war.

Answer 7

White Wash like Vietnam after which some criminals  were elected in to power and served in following administrations and again Reagan era crimininals  served in The Bush Administration.

Answer 8

Why don't you try telling the truth instead of your propaganda lies?

Where does it state that he was even involved in the shootings, let alone charged in the shootings?

"A US military judge in California has dismissed charges against a senior US marine accused of failing to properly investigate the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha in 2005."

Read it again, "...failing to properly investigate..."  He was charged with not doing his paperwork correctly.