American soldiers in Iraq describe how they use "drop weapons" to avoid being charged with crimes when they kill innocent civilians.
They say that "shit happens" in war, and that collateral damage is unavoidable on the battlefield.
A soldier, sent into harm's way by his commander, must trust that the decisions of war have been carefully thought out and justified by his or her leaders. So, when an order or "suggestion" trickles down through the chain of command telling someone to be prepared to be responsible for covering up their own illegal actions, what happens to that trust? What happens to the moral of the men and women on those bases, who hear the word that they could be charged with premeditated murder unless they "plant" weapons on innocent people to make them look like enemies?
They are teaching 19 and 20 year olds how to cover-up one crime by committing another.
And what about the soldiers that
kill civilians for fun, or murder whole families? I suppose they have been given a license to kill, by those who they are supposed to respect and admire?
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