Pursuing justice only in cases where it is convenient -- now that is the real scandal.
"After Abu Ghraib and the leaked videos of the killing of civilians from an army helicopter in Iraq, this new video appears at first glance to be new proof of the 'master race' arrogance of the US in its military operations. But in reality these 39 seconds of video are not actually evidence of that."
"The abuses in Abu Ghraib were methodical. So too was the way (the US authorities) turned a blind eye to excessive violence by private security firms and friendly Iraqi troops, as was documented in 2010 by Wikileaks. The difference is that, in this case, it is plausible it was just a macabre joke by inhuman professional killers, rather than being emblematic of the entire system."
"Of course, it is right for the Marines to go before a military court. But it would be a joke if they were to be sentenced while the countless deadly attacks from the Iraq War, for example, remain unpunished. … Pursuing justice only in cases where it is convenient -- now that is the real scandal."
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,808942,00.html?du
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