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IN THE IRAQI TOWN of Haditha in 2005, US Marines killed 24 Iraqi civilians, including women and children. Charges against six Marines were dropped and a seventh was acquitted. How should we assess this and similar incidents? On the one hand, punishing the Marines might be unreasonable since they were subject to extreme situational pressures leading up to the massacre, including combat stress, exposure to constant attacks, and the loss of one of their own. On the other hand, perhaps they ...
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IN THE IRAQI TOWN of Haditha in 2005, US Marines killed 24 Iraqi civilians, including women and children.
Charges against six Marines were dropped and a seventh was acquitted.
How should we assess this and similar incidents? On the one hand, punishing the Marines might be unreasonable since they were subject to extreme situational pressures leading up to the massacre, including combat stress, exposure to constant attacks, and the loss of one of their own.
On the other hand, perhaps they .
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