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And then there was one

Per the New York Times, Haditha was supposed to be the “defining atrocity” of the Iraq War.

Eight men were charged. Charges against six were dropped. One was found not guilty. Then there was one:

A military judge dismissed charges Tuesday against a Marine officer accused of failing to investigate the killings of 24 Iraqis.

Col. Steven Folsom dismissed charges against Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani after finding that a four-star general overseeing the case was improperly influenced by an investigator probing the November 2005 shootings by a Marine squad in Haditha.

Ah, well.

The only remaining charges are those lodged against SSG Frank Wuterich in a case that ex-Marine John Murtha once hoped would hammer a nail in the Mesopotamian Democracy experiment.

War is hard. People get hurt. Some will use those facts for political advantage.

Semper Fi, Staff Sergeant.

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