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Originally Posted by Azure
It WAS a mistake. A horrible mistake. Hiding it for 3 years is what the military does. They don't abide by our laws. They have their own laws, their own system and their own way of handling things. Don't like that? Too bad.
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Except that it shouldn't be that way. and according to the laws of the United States, ISN'T that way. The military in the US is
subservient to the citizenry. This is why there is civilian oversight of the military in the form of the Secretary of Defense and the Congress.
I understand that mistakes happen when you have 150 000 people armed with the best weapons money can buy running around a country with a license to kill, but the fact that the military feels it's necessary to conceal these mistakes when they occur is indicative of a disconnect between actions of the military and the stated goal of the action in Iraq.
Again, I understand the position of the military. They've been dealing with anti-war protests and reporting for eight years, they must feel like they need to defend EVERYTHING they do and hide anything that shows them in a negative light. Unfortunately, it just makes situations like this worse.