Yesterday, charges were brought against eight marines in connection with the killing of 24 civilians the Iraqi city of Haditha.
The killing of innocent civilians is indeed a war crime, and a crime against humanity, and those responsible need to be held accountable and punished accordingly.
But the Haditha massacre is just a small piece of a much bigger puzzle. The deaths of so many innocent Iraqi men, women, and children are not just the fault of the troops who shot the lethal bullets, or their commanding officers. It's the fault of everyone in the Bush administration who chose to wage this war of aggression on a nation that posed no threat to us. And it's the fault of every member of Congress who authorized the use of military force against Iraq.
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