Marine A is due to be sentenced and the resulting media
blitz on this case will begin anew. On Monday the Telegraph website published an
interesting article on the matter of combat in Afghanistan. Written by a
journalist who has embedded with the Royal Marines a number of times, it is not
surprising the view point that Chris Terrill takes. Indeed he writes with a knowledge that a lot of commentators do not have.
I believe that if Marine A is a criminal of war, then he is also a casualty of war.”
This is the key point when it comes to sentencing, yes he has done wrong and justice has to be seen to be done, however it has to fit the crime and not be used as an example to other would be transgressors of the Geneva Convention.
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