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To: Lou Weed who wrote (133690)	5/20/2004 5:11:56 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 281500

That is also a reasonable response. At the very least, we would uphold the integrity of the law by making them defend their actions. On the other hand, here we have combat troops who probably were in the initial landings on D- Day, being under terrible stress and mortal danger for a prolonged period, whom we ask to kill the enemy in relatively cold blood, and here, they confront the quintessence of the horror the Reich's ambitions unleashed on the world, become enraged, and shoot the enemy. Do we have the heart to tell them that what they did was wrong enough that we are going to put them through a long trial with the possibility of disgrace and lengthy punishment, in order to uphold the integrity of the law? Perhaps, or perhaps we will right it off to exceptional circumstances.......