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'Lawfare' Over Haditha
 The administration's domestic opponents play into the enemy's hands.BY DAVID B. RIVKIN JR. AND LEE A. CASEY The unfolding investigation of last November's events in Haditha reveals much more about the Bush administration's critics than it does about the U.S. armed forces. Although the inquiry is ongoing, it appears that 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians were deliberately murdered, allegedly by American Marines seeking revenge for a fallen comrade. If true, the episode was a war crime, something that must be--and no doubt will be--severely punished. However, the administration's critics are already cynically leveraging the Haditha killings as a means of undercutting the president, heedless of the effect this may have on American national interests. Posted by: ryuge 2006-06-07 |
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