http://amphichon.com/2006/05/27/those-who-cannot-learn-from-history-cont/ amphichon: entirely superfluous since 2000 Sat, 19 May 2012 17:26:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://amphichon.com/2006/05/27/those-who-cannot-learn-from-history-cont/#comment-560 amphichon » Blog Archive » Haditha update Sat, 23 Dec 2006 08:36:37 +0000 http://amphichon.com/2006/05/27/those-who-cannot-learn-from-history-cont/#comment-560 [...] We brought the Haditha massacre to your attention back in May, sandwiched in between Vaclav Havel and Nate the Nosferatu, and those of you who only get your news from Amphichon will perhaps be interested to hear that yesterday, the Marines filed murder charges against four of their own, and charges of dereliction of duty for failure to investigate against four others above them in the chain of command. (NPR has a nice timeline here for those who need a recap.) It’s a move that’s surprising in some ways - these are harsh charges, unexpectedly so - but perhaps it’s another sign that Washington (and by extension America) is undergoing a sea change. [...] [...] We brought the Haditha massacre to your attention back in May, sandwiched in between Vaclav Havel and Nate the Nosferatu, and those of you who only get your news from Amphichon will perhaps be interested to hear that yesterday, the Marines filed murder charges against four of their own, and charges of dereliction of duty for failure to investigate against four others above them in the chain of command. (NPR has a nice timeline here for those who need a recap.) It’s a move that’s surprising in some ways – these are harsh charges, unexpectedly so – but perhaps it’s another sign that Washington (and by extension America) is undergoing a sea change. [...]

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