If American soldiers have committed war crimes it is a failure of leadership. Period!
I have written several posts in the past reflecting on the failures of leadership that is the Bush administration. I believe it is urgent and necessary to re-address these failures.
When we, the American people, see news reports of alleged massacres and or alleged war crimes it is all too easy to one, jump to the conclusion that the accusations are true, and two, convict the accused soldiers before the investigations and subsequent possible trials are complete. This is doubly easy to do when you are as against the war as I am and have such strong feelings about the gross tragedies that are occurring in Iraq. I am asking America to not do that. I am begging America to reserve judgment until the facts are revealed, the investigations complete and the trials are ended.
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