Save the SEALs: A serious nation doesn't prosecute its heroes
The fact that this case has come this far shows an astonishing lack of perspective. While these three patriotic young men stand before a military judge to answer a terrorist complaint about an alleged thrown punch, CIA- and Air Force-operated drone aircraft rain hellfire missiles on terror suspects, killing them and anyone who happens to be nearby, whether or not they have the right target. Fighting a war is dirty business. As George Orwell is reputed to have said, "we sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would...
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Tags: Air Force, Beds, Cia, Dirty Business, Drone Aircraft, George Orwell, Hellfire Missiles, Heroes, Military Judge, Perspective, Punch, Rain, Rough Men, Seals, Sleep, Target, Terror, Violence, X27, Young Men