Thirteen American Soldiers Court Martialled

Adultery, assault, drunkenness, kidnapping, stealing computers, abusing prisoners and attempting to flee to Syria are some of the offences US soldiers have been charged with in court martial cases since Americans landed in Iraq. At least 13 soldiers have gone up for court martial hearings in Iraq since May 1, the official end of major combat in the strife-torn country, according to an official army list obtained by AFP.

Simple math says this is a non-story, 13 charges out of the total number of U.S. military personnel in Iraq is a really small percentage - probably well with in statistical norms at home…. and in the grand scheme of things compared to the killing and/or blowing up of entire families at check-points, killing guests at weddings, and dropping bombs on civilian marketplaces, this sort of thing is small potatoes isn’t it? Why don’t we hear any consequences to those events? Adultery is a court martial offence? How very biblical of them.

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