Navy SEALs Face Assault Charges for Capturing Most-Wanted Terrorist

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Kasz216 said:

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Rath said:

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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.

From reading the story, it sounded like he was hit after in captivity, and the two other guys let it happed/didn't report it.

Or at least that's what it seems like considering the charges.  But yeah, probably would need to know more.

Bottom line is an investigation appears to be more than justified.  I won't be surprised if the cover up ends up biting them in the ass worse than the act they were covering for.

My only real problem with the story is that it is not being handled more quietly until they're confident they know what happened.  I'd prefer to give a soldier the benefit of the doubt until it is shown they don't deserve it but that of course only goes so far.  Even so that is a minor gripe really.