Even In War

by digby


Anderson Cooper interviewed the president in Ghana and made some news about the Dasht-e-Leili massacre. When asked if he inteded to follow up with a war crimes investigation, Obama said that he hadn't head about it until recently and had ordered his staff to look into it. He said that he thought nations had responsibilities "even in war" and if it turns out that the US was involved that we need to know about it.

I'm surprised, frankly. I thought the administration was pretty definitive about not following up on this and Obama at least opened the door. Still, considering how they justified keeping the Iraq photos secret, I would be very surprised if they don't use the rationale that an investigation of Afghanistan war crimes would endanger the troops. We'll see.


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