The “war crimes” these men were accused of are nothing compared to stuff that happened on the battlefields of WWII. Look at men like Lt Col Ronald Speirs. He was rumored to have killed several unarmed German prisoners, and one of his own men for being drunk on duty. In today’s Army great leaders like him would be hung out to dry. By the standards used by our modern military, you would probably have to call 25% of the greatest generation “war criminals”. But now all of a sudden posing with a dead body is a crime? Give me a break, that’s war. God forbid we ever try to ambush the enemy, I’m sure some people want our troops to give the Taliban 24 hours notice before conducting a raid.
Where was all of this outrage when our last President decided to pardon Bradley Manning, who leaked secret material? Or when we traded known terrorists for the AWOL Bowe Berghdal, only after several of our own soldiers were killed looking for him.
Where was all of this outrage when our last President decided to pardon Bradley Manning, who leaked secret material? Or when we traded known terrorists for the AWOL Bowe Berghdal, only after several of our own soldiers were killed looking for him.