RE: Japanese woman killed by American marine.
May 27, 2016 at 11:42 am
(This post was last modified: May 27, 2016 at 11:59 am by The Grand Nudger.)
I do realize, yes. Some portion of people perceive soldiers as monsters guarding doors from beasts, as well. Perception can be amusing that way. In this case it's a damned if you do, damned if you don't scenario. If we ship them to stand trial at a military court the locals don't ever see that and their conclusion is that the soldier is above the law. If we leave them where they're at, deferring to the locals who fail to make their case - then we disregard or we may ship the soldier out just to get in front of more potential trouble.....and the locals' conclusion is that the soldier is somehow above the law. If we leave them were they're at and the locals -do- make their case we will still ship them off to serve their time in a military prison and the locals won't see that either, conclusion being that the soldier is above the law.
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