<the facts we know are not sufficient to support the conclusion that our people beat them to death, but some people like to jump to conclusions>
Have I ever stated that a U.S. soldier killed the prisoners?
The few facts that have come out, said that:
1. they were prisoners under our control
2. they were beaten to death by blunt trauma.
Now, according to the rules used in the Nurenburg trials, and according to the Geneva Conventions (that is, our rules, according to treaties we have signed), it makes no difference, none at all, whether it was done by a U.S. soldier or not. What happened to those prisoners was our responsibility, and their deaths means blood on our hands. Once they were in our hands, we are responsible for them. Period. No excuses. No exceptions.
And the excuse that it might have been our proxies who did it, so we are blameless, is exactly what Sharon said after Sabra. |
