Injustice to marines

1:57pm Wednesday 24th October 2012 in Letters

I REFER to the seven marines arrested over the suspected execution of a Taliban prisoner.

This has nothing at all to do with British police, and the officer who brought it to the authorities’ attention, after viewing a laptop belonging to one of the marines, should be charged under the Official Secrets Act and sentenced to five years on the front line in Afghanistan. The marine in question should receive a slap on the wrist and be returned to duty. Had the situation been reversed, the seven marines would have been mutilated and killed and the Prime Minister’s thoughts would have been with their families, or so he says. What a nation of PC lefties we have become. God help us.

Norman Jones, Preseli Close, Risca

Comments(6)

welshmen says...
2:42pm Wed 24 Oct 12

i agree with you Norman, i think we need a Government that will listen to the people and ACT on it, instead of looking after there own ego's...

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james jackson says...
3:31pm Wed 24 Oct 12

What a ludicrous comment. It is against various international protocols to murder or mistreat a prisoner in war, even in an illegal war like that in Afghanistan.
The seven marines have been remanded on bail - something that is never given to other murder suspects.
There's nothing left or politically correct about this matter. Do the reading and the research and then decide whether these people behaved wrongly. Basically the marines have received a "slap on the wrist"for what they did. And if someone did report them after seeing details on a laptop, he only did what was right and civilised. Trivialising an execution by saying the officer should be prosecuted for Official Secrets Act breaches is plainly nonsensical. This is a prisoner's life. Snooping on somebody's laptop is a minor misdemeanour in comparison.

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Llanmartinangel says...
9:07pm Wed 24 Oct 12

It's a war FFS. Only people exposed to the Taliban zealots relentless attempts on their lives can have any comprehension of what that does to you. You do realise that it was Taliban who shot a child in the head for wanting an education? Thank your lucky stars you don't have to do what our soldiers do.

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james jackson says...
12:01am Thu 25 Oct 12

Many innocent civilians, men, women and children are killed and maimed every day in Afghanistan. This one child has been picked out by the media. Why?
The Taliban were courted by the west for as long as it suited the west's aims. Now they're public enemy number one.
This is not war. It's an illegal invasion.
British soldiers are in Afghanistan at the behest of the American government and should be brought home.
The sad fact is that soldiers are dying unnecessarily and this is what people can't face. It's not a question of doing or not doing what "our" soldiers do. We all do what we do in our everyday lives. Soldiers choose their jobs too. They are not conscripted. That is worth remembering. We're not talking WW1 or WW2 here..

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james jackson says...
12:02am Thu 25 Oct 12

Many innocent civilians, men, women and children are killed and maimed every day in Afghanistan. This one child has been picked out by the media. Why?
The Taliban were courted by the west for as long as it suited the west's aims. Now they're public enemy number one.
This is not war. It's an illegal invasion.
British soldiers are in Afghanistan at the behest of the American government and should be brought home.
The sad fact is that soldiers are dying unnecessarily and this is what people can't face. It's not a question of doing or not doing what "our" soldiers do. We all do what we do in our everyday lives. Soldiers choose their jobs too. They are not conscripted. That is worth remembering. We're not talking WW1 or WW2 here..

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Llanmartinangel says...
1:36pm Thu 25 Oct 12

I agree with that entirely. They (the soldiers) are there at the behest of spineless politicians and I am in no doubt that the moment they leave the Taliban will go on a slaughtering spree as old scores are settled. Any 'good' done thus far will be quickly lost. My point is that, as bad as certain incidents looks, we only see what is presented to us. Expecting people exposed to the horrors they are, to see life through our 'tea and biscuit' eyes is just unrealistic.

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