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Originally Posted by Medic
Yes, having a soldier stand trial at Hague for warcrimes is not good for the national image, but I wonder if they realize, it's not pretty good for the image either not to hand the guy over to Hague, when the case is pretty clear?
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It's more a case of preventing the precedent from being established than being worried about our national image. Contrary to the statement that we see ourselves as the good guys, those of us who are not lemmings know that Bad Things happen in war and much of it goes unreported. We also know that there are many nations that are just itching to take out the last 70+ years of US foreign policy on the first one of us they can slice off of the herd. So it's more of a preventive measure to keep the flood gates in place.
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