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Mar. 22nd, 2011 01:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lokifanOh my god. I just... feel physically sick. I can’t bear it, I can’t bear what war is doing to these people.
On Monday, Der Spiegel magazine published an article: twelve US soldiers are on trial for murdering civilians for sport.
Beware of following the link. There is an incredibly upsetting photo at the start of the article: a young, grinning American soldier lying by the bloodied body of a young Afghan. The soldier has his hand in the dead boy’s hair, holding him up so the camera can see his (thankfully blurred-out) face. There are another 4000 photos and video clips entered into evidence.
I don’t even mean this as a political post - although if you want to talk about that, it’s fine, it’s inextricable from what’s happening. It’s just a punch in the stomach to see it - this was a civilian, not threatening anyone.
Military prosecutors say this unit killed civilians for sport. These are soldiers on trial for premeditated murder of the civilians they’re meant to protect, for fun.
On Monday, Der Spiegel magazine published an article: twelve US soldiers are on trial for murdering civilians for sport.
Beware of following the link. There is an incredibly upsetting photo at the start of the article: a young, grinning American soldier lying by the bloodied body of a young Afghan. The soldier has his hand in the dead boy’s hair, holding him up so the camera can see his (thankfully blurred-out) face. There are another 4000 photos and video clips entered into evidence.
I don’t even mean this as a political post - although if you want to talk about that, it’s fine, it’s inextricable from what’s happening. It’s just a punch in the stomach to see it - this was a civilian, not threatening anyone.
Military prosecutors say this unit killed civilians for sport. These are soldiers on trial for premeditated murder of the civilians they’re meant to protect, for fun.