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Is it a court martial, or a proceeding under normal criminal law(Strafgesetzbuch)?
If its a court martial, well any soldier would be hauled up for an enquiry- in a civilized nations armed forces that is. Sure there are nations where a soldier is not accountable for human life e.g Somalia, North Korea, et cetera; if we didn't have such measures in place how would we be any different than those nations we criticize?
While its the politicians who are the real monsters-I agree with you whole-heartedly on that count (theres no finer example than India for that matter) their victims are always the hapless ones; the fodder-society must prey on itself at some point, despite all the grand ideals and other such figments of the imaginations. We are all guilty-either for looking the other way, or for participating in the evil.
Then to balance it out, verily to assauge our need to be just; to retain that last shred of humanity; we take shelter in the system. Thats where I like to pull away, roll a j and watch the aeroplanes fly.