Should the shooting spree soldier be tried in Afghanistan?

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Should the shooting spree soldier be tried in Afghanistan?

  • Yes

    Votes: 3 60.0%

  • No

    Votes: 2 40.0%
  • Total voters
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Don Quixote said:
and i want a million dollars, neither of us is likely to get what we want

besides, who is to say that a court martial will not provide justice or do the afghans want revenge...
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The families and friends want revenge, I suspect the greater majority want justice. IE they want justice to be seen to be done, they dont want the western soldier to dance off from murdering 16 of their own and and off to a nice prison in america.

When people like this get "life without parole" and terrorists get shot in another country, it only highlights our hypocricy, they both should get the needle, justice means justice for all, what uniform you were wearing matters not at all. I'll bet OBL had a "stressful childhood" as well.
 
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Darla said:
Okay, but I betcha he won't be. I would bet you anything, you name the terms, and you'd have yourself a bet. Not that I am for the death penalty.
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I'm good with that. As I said, I hope he isn't executed. I have always been against the death penalty, and always will be.
 
Damocles said:
You do know the difference between Justice and Vengeance, no?
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My question was regarding DQ's assertion of "brain damage and the military's negligence in treating it properly".

You do know the difference between yourself and DQ, no?
 
Interestingly enough, how many of the family members of the murdered get to witness the trial? How many afghans at all? From their view he's just been trotted off to what the "claim" is justice, how do they know he's not on a beach in Jamaica?
 
why would we want him tried in afghanistan? others are correct that he will be tried under UCMJ. that is the law and that is how we operate.
 
Damocles said:
I'm good with that. As I said, I hope he isn't executed. I have always been against the death penalty, and always will be.
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i have been against the death penalty for years because i think that it is too merciful, life in prison is much worse
 
The issue is not the death penalty. The issue is the wishes of the Afghan families of the victims and the Afghan people whose land we invaded and occupied.
 
Don Quixote said:
no, the issue is the law and that is the ucmj
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Afghan lawmakers expressed anger Thursday over the U.S. move to fly an American soldier accused of killing 16 civilians out of the country to Kuwait, saying Kabul shouldn't sign a strategic partnership agreement with Washington unless the suspect faces justice in Afghanistan.

"It was the demand of the families of the martyrs of this incident, the people of Kandahar and the people of Afghanistan to try him publicly in Afghanistan," said Mohammad Naeem Lalai Hamidzai, a Kandahar lawmaker who is part of a parliamentary commission investigating the shootings.

The U.S. flew the suspect out of the country on Wednesday evening, said U.S. officials.


The U.S. military said the transfer did not preclude the possibility of trying the case in Afghanistan.




http://news.yahoo.com/afghans-angry-over-removal-accused-us-soldier-061207583.html
 
Johnny Rocketfingers said:
How is a military general court martial not judicious enough?
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It wasn't the military who got shot up, it wasn't the military who lost sixteen people, and it wasn't the military who was offended. This is the equivalent of of the germans trying one of their citizens for shooting up an american bus in chicago.
 
Disillusioned said:
It wasn't the military who got shot up, it wasn't the military who lost sixteen people, and it wasn't the military who was offended. This is the equivalent of of the germans trying one of their citizens for shooting up an american bus in chicago.
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there is a difference between a citizen and a soldier, especially when the soldier is part of an occupying force

normally, a soldier would be subject to civilian law if the crime is not committed on military property, but when a soldier is part of an occupying force, then military law prevails
 
Don Quixote said:
there is a difference between a citizen and a soldier, especially when the soldier is part of an occupying force

normally, a soldier would be subject to civilian law if the crime is not committed on military property, but when a soldier is part of an occupying force, then military law prevails
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Translation: The afghani's have to suck it up.

Coincidentally our same response to the Koran burnings.

Interesting, and they still don't like us you say?
 
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