US soldier supervises torture of a prisoner, 1968. This picture, in the Washington Post, lead to an Army investigation and a court-martial of the US soldier.
Dearest Goddess... I just don't understand the grin on that stupid kids face (With the water bottle)... he's a dangerous one, and I hope they locked him up.
We also tried some Japanese soldiers as war criminals for much the same thing in WWII. There's quite a lot of legal precedent in the US for it being treated as a criminal act.
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Date: 2008-04-09 07:58 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-04-11 07:07 am (UTC)