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These Marines were falsely accused of war crimes. Twelve years later, they have vindication.
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<blockquote data-quote="Poke78" data-source="post: 3201950" data-attributes="member: 4333"><p>Two things at work, one as old as the UCMJ and one unique to "modern" warfare. The old thing is command influence in the military justice system. This case highlights it in a special way. The unique thing is the lawyer-driven and politically-enhanced "Rules of Engagement" (ROE) which ensure that effectively engaging the enemy can always be called into question for the smallest of "infractions" that are isolated in a larger tactical and dynamic situation. Both of these "things" have their root in politics and careerism and both combined since the last half of the 20th Century to ensure America could no longer wage effective warfare to a clear winning conclusion, a la WW2.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Poke78, post: 3201950, member: 4333"] Two things at work, one as old as the UCMJ and one unique to "modern" warfare. The old thing is command influence in the military justice system. This case highlights it in a special way. The unique thing is the lawyer-driven and politically-enhanced "Rules of Engagement" (ROE) which ensure that effectively engaging the enemy can always be called into question for the smallest of "infractions" that are isolated in a larger tactical and dynamic situation. Both of these "things" have their root in politics and careerism and both combined since the last half of the 20th Century to ensure America could no longer wage effective warfare to a clear winning conclusion, a la WW2. [/QUOTE]
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