Navy SEALs Face Assault Charges for Capturing Most-Wanted Terrorist

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Rath said:

Kasz216 said:

damkira said:
Should have never been over there in the first place....

There will be more and more litigation as the Iraqis are less than ever willing to support an illegal occupation.

but... unless i'm reading this wrong... they were charged by the Army.

Iraqis weren't involved.

Court Martial seems a bit steep... but hitting a prisoner even if he did kill a bunch of people should be punished.

 

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This post says all I wanted to.

Yeah, another rare occasion as we appear to be on the same page here.

There are some details that could make it worse or could mitigate it however.  For example if he was struggling against them and was attempting to get away I could see circumstances where his being struck might be more justifiable depending on how it went down.  On the other hand if they were taking their turns at punching him while he was restrained just for amusement I could certainly see it being elevated to something worthy of formal punishment.

Either way I wouldn't get up in arms about it either way without more details on the exact situation.