Saturday, April 30, 2016

Double Secret Probation for 16 who slaughtered 42 in Afghan hospital

Last October 2, US forces rained down 211 missiles on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing 42 and injuring over a hundred. Within days the US military changed its story 4 times before promising to conduct a thorough investigation to find out what really happened. Doctors Without Borders and Amnesty International, calling the US assault a war crime, demanded an independent, international investigation. But when you're the world's only super power, rampaging around the Middle East and Africa with impunity, it's easy to tell the world community to 'stuff it.' And, sure enough, after a six month cooling off period, the US has announced it was all a big fat mistake; but that 16 military personnel would be disciplined for their incompetence. The most severely punished officer was suspended from command and ordered out of Afghanistan. Six were sent to counseling, seven were issued letters of reprimand, and two were ordered to retraining courses. The US response to such senseless atrocities that happen over and over again, amounts to nothing more than being sentenced by Dean Vernon Wormer to 'Double Secret Probation'.

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