“I follow your site regularly. While I don’t agree with you all the time, I do find your posts interesting. Having said that, I do strongly disagree with your November 17, 2004 post regarding the video of the Marine apparently shooting an unarmed and wounded person in Falluja. This conduct by U.S. military personnel cannot be tolerated under any circumstances. As a former Marine, I strongly sympathize with the Marine involved, but killing unarmed people only undermines our cause in Iraq and elsewhere. The Marine involved, like all Marines, is taught the rules of war and is indoctrinated with American and Marine Corps ideals. If the allegations are true, then what he did is a betrayal of both his country and his service and he should be punished to the fullest extent permitted under the UCMJ. We as civilians have the responsibility to ensure that what our military personal do in our name comports with American standards of human rights and decency. We cannot compromise our standards regardless of the circumstances. We, the civilians in charge, must investigate every allegation of wrongdoing and bring those responsible to justice. This has not happened with Abu Ghraib – it must happen here.” More feedback on the Letters Page.
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