http://dearkitty.blogsome.com/2007/02/14/will-us-soldier-escape-punishment-for-rape-of-dutch-girl/ My diary on peace and wars, arts, sciences, politics, the fight for economic and social justice, the environment, and more. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:25:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://dearkitty.blogsome.com/2007/02/14/will-us-soldier-escape-punishment-for-rape-of-dutch-girl/#comment-1240 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:15:13 +0000 http://dearkitty.blogsome.com/2007/02/14/will-us-soldier-escape-punishment-for-rape-of-dutch-girl/#comment-1240 Hi Testvet, thank you for this comment from you as a disabled veteran. I agree, and hope justice will be done. Hi Testvet, thank you for this comment from you as a disabled veteran. I agree, and hope justice will be done.

]]> http://dearkitty.blogsome.com/2007/02/14/will-us-soldier-escape-punishment-for-rape-of-dutch-girl/#comment-1239 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:06:12 +0000 http://dearkitty.blogsome.com/2007/02/14/will-us-soldier-escape-punishment-for-rape-of-dutch-girl/#comment-1239 I believe the soldier should be sent to the Netherlands to stand trial, how else will the victim testify, how will the community where the victim lives believe that justice has been carried out, regardless of the status of Forces agreements with NATO countries, this alleged crime deserves trial in the area where it occurred, not in the US by court martial, where the Army may chose to deploy the soldier back to Iraq and hold the court martial upon his return, by then witnesses forget, he may get wounded and a jury would feel sorry for him, or if killed in the war zone the victim is denied justice, as a disabled veteran, I feel he needs to be returned to Europe for trial immediately, US soldiers do not get a free get out of jail card because of combat duty. I believe the soldier should be sent to the Netherlands to stand trial, how else will the victim testify, how will the community where the victim lives believe that justice has been carried out, regardless of the status of Forces agreements with NATO countries, this alleged crime deserves trial in the area where it occurred, not in the US by court martial, where the Army may chose to deploy the soldier back to Iraq and hold the court martial upon his return, by then witnesses forget, he may get wounded and a jury would feel sorry for him, or if killed in the war zone the victim is denied justice, as a disabled veteran, I feel he needs to be returned to Europe for trial immediately, US soldiers do not get a free get out of jail card because of combat duty.

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