Human Shields and Choice

[WarBlade]

In this imperfect world, the desire for 'justice' is not always answered in court, where both OJ Simpson and the US Marine EA6B pilots who hit the gondola wire in Italy appeared to have gotten less than what many in the public perceive as their 'just' punishment for their acts.

I was amazed at how some simple military flying rules, which were violated, were not considered sufficient grounds to hammer the d!ckens out of the pilot in command of that mission.  However, due process is required. 

At present, the American political climate is not conducive to trusting "international" courts in such matters.

The problem when they don't, they wind up with all the anti-American sentiment that somehow seems baffling to so many and also wind up generating other unwanted consequences . . .

18.12.2002
By PHIL REEVES
SEOUL - Four United States soldiers have been attacked in South Korea amid a wave of anti-Americanism triggered by the death of two teenage girls run over by a US armoured car.

The assaults came after 50,000 South Koreans poured on to the streets for weekend rallies calling for a retrial of the two soldiers involved in the accident in June.

There has been fury in South Korea, a close ally of Washington, since US military tribunals acquitted the men last month.

Sergeant Mark Walker and Sergeant Fernando Nino were in the vehicle that ran into Shim Mi-son and Shin Hyo-sun.

The girls, both 13, were on the way to a party.

The soldiers were charged with negligent homicide.

South Koreans flooded to rallies in Seoul and other cities to call for the soldiers to be retried by the South Korean courts

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What's really surprising here is that only "Four United States soldiers have been attacked" to use their words.