Navy SEALs Tried for Months to Report War Crimes and Were Told to “Let It Go”

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/4/25/navy_seals_tried_for_months_to

by severine • 7 years ago

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Despegar• 7 years ago

Better link https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/23/us/navy-seals-crimes-of-w...

foxyv• 7 years ago

Paywalled link =/

massivecali2• 7 years ago

They were also told to ignore rampant child rape by Afghan allies. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/21/world/asia/us-soldiers-to...

sexydefinesher• 7 years ago

Surely the US should aim for a higher standard than child rapists?

drharby• 7 years ago

You're right, the US should.

Whomever in the political decision making element who greenlit this tolerance must have been between a rock and a hard place

torstenvl2• 7 years ago

I share your strong distaste for their morally repugnant acts. But when we provide military reinforcements to a sovereign government at their invitation, we have no right under international law to take over their criminal justice system, no matter how corrupt or backwards.

massivecali2• 7 years ago

My understanding is that every US military base, while not American sovereign territory, is still subject to US law. Not a lawyer, so not sure how that shakes out. I'd prefer we stop playing world police, but that is not going to happen.

Why is there no backlash from the international community at large? There are always articles about human trafficking but no UN outrage over stuff like this. Is it because it's boys and not "defenseless" girls?

wahern• 7 years ago

This guy sounds like a very talented sociopath.

NOTE: I read the New York Times article, not the interview.

Navy SEALs Tried for Months to Report War Crimes and Were Told to “Let It Go”

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